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Task/Strip-block-comments/Python/strip-block-comments-1.py

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+def _commentstripper(txt, delim):
+    'Strips first nest of block comments'
+
+    deliml, delimr = delim
+    out = ''
+    if deliml in txt:
+        indx = txt.index(deliml)
+        out += txt[:indx]
+        txt = txt[indx+len(deliml):]
+        txt = _commentstripper(txt, delim)
+        assert delimr in txt, 'Cannot find closing comment delimiter in ' + txt
+        indx = txt.index(delimr)
+        out += txt[(indx+len(delimr)):]
+    else:
+        out = txt
+    return out
+
+def commentstripper(txt, delim=('/*', '*/')):
+    'Strips nests of block comments'
+
+    deliml, delimr = delim
+    while deliml in txt:
+        txt = _commentstripper(txt, delim)
+    return txt