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Task/Strip-comments-from-a-string/AutoHotkey/strip-comments-from-a-string.ahk

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+Delims := "#;"
+str := "apples, pears # and bananas"
+str2:= "apples, pears, `; and bananas" ; needed to escape the ; since that is AHK's comment marker
+msgbox % StripComments(Str,Delims)
+msgbox % StripComments(Str2,Delims)
+; The % forces expression mode.
+
+
+StripComments(String1,Delims){
+    Loop, parse, delims
+    {
+        If Instr(String1,A_LoopField)
+            EndPosition := InStr(String1,A_LoopField) - 1
+        Else
+            EndPosition := StrLen(String1)
+        StringLeft, String1, String1, EndPosition
+    }
+    return String1
+}