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Task/Strip-block-comments/Swift/strip-block-comments.swift

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+import Foundation
+
+func stripBlocks(from str: String, open: String = "/*", close: String = "*/") -> String {
+  guard !open.isEmpty && !close.isEmpty else {
+    return str
+  }
+
+  var ret = str
+
+  while let begin = ret.range(of: open), let end = ret[begin.upperBound...].range(of: close) {
+    ret.replaceSubrange(Range(uncheckedBounds: (begin.lowerBound, end.upperBound)), with: "")
+  }
+
+  return ret
+}
+
+let test = """
+             /**
+           * Some comments
+           * longer comments here that we can parse.
+           *
+           * Rahoo
+           */
+           function subroutine() {
+            a = /* inline comment */ b + c ;
+           }
+           /*/ <-- tricky comments */
+
+           /**
+            * Another comment.
+            */
+            function something() {
+            }
+           """
+
+print(stripBlocks(from: test))