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Task/Strip-comments-from-a-string/Scala/strip-comments-from-a-string.scala

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+object StripComments {
+  def stripComments1(s:String, markers:String =";#")=s takeWhile (!markers.contains(_)) trim
+
+  // using regex and pattern matching
+  def stripComments2(s:String, markers:String =";#")={
+    val R=("(.*?)[" + markers + "].*").r
+    (s match {
+      case R(line) => line
+      case _ => s
+    }) trim
+  }
+
+  def print(s:String)={
+    println("'"+s+"' =>")
+    println("   '"+stripComments1(s)+"'")
+    println("   '"+stripComments2(s)+"'")
+  }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    print("apples, pears # and bananas")
+    print("apples, pears ; and bananas")
+  }
+}