(phixonline)-->
with javascript_semantics
function strip_comments(string s, sequence comments={"#",";"})
for i=1 to length(comments) do
integer k = match(comments[i],s)
if k then
s = s[1..k-1]
s = trim_tail(s)
end if
end for
return s
end function
?strip_comments("apples, pears # and bananas")
?strip_comments("apples, pears ; and bananas")
?strip_comments("apples, pears and bananas ")
?strip_comments(" WS_CAPTION = #00C00000, -- = WS_BORDER+WS_DLGFRAME")
?strip_comments(" WS_CAPTION = #00C00000, -- = WS_BORDER+WS_DLGFRAME",{"--"})
?strip_comments(" title = \"--Title--\"",{"--"})