September 2017 Update

Task/Strip-block-comments/Kotlin/strip-block-comments.kotlin

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+// version 1.1.4-3
+
+val sample = """
+/**
+   * Some comments
+   * longer comments here that we can parse.
+   *
+   * Rahoo
+   */
+   function subroutine() {
+    a = /* inline comment */ b + c ;
+   }
+   /*/ <-- tricky comments */
+
+   /**
+    * Another comment.
+    */
+    function something() {
+    }
+"""
+
+val sample2 = """
+``{
+   ` Some comments
+   ` longer comments here that we can parse.
+   `
+   ` Rahoo
+   ``}
+   function subroutine2() {
+    d = ``{ inline comment ``} e + f ;
+   }
+   ``{ / <-- tricky comments ``}
+
+   ``{
+    ` Another comment.
+    ``}
+    function something2() {
+    }
+"""
+
+fun stripBlockComments(text: String, del1: String = "/*", del2: String = "*/"): String {
+    val d1 = Regex.escape(del1)
+    val d2 = Regex.escape(del2)
+    val r = Regex("""(?s)$d1.*?$d2""")
+    return text.replace(r, "")
+}
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    println(stripBlockComments(sample))
+    println(stripBlockComments(sample2, "``{", "``}"))
+}