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Remove comments from file. Credit to Lambda's answer on Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/a/2613945/5178499
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| Remove all block comments and line comments: | |
| (/\*([^*]|[\r\n]|(\*+([^*/]|[\r\n])))*\*+/|[ \t]*//.*) | |
| Remove block comments: | |
| (/\*([^*]|[\r\n]|(\*+([^*/]|[\r\n])))*\*+/) | |
| Remove line comments: | |
| ([ \t]*//.*) | |
| However, I should warn that this works only %99.99 of time. You might have a string variable defined in your file like: | |
| String myStr = "/** I am not a comment */"; | |
| This regex will turn this to: | |
| String myStr = ""; |
Awesome, mate. Works like a charm. Just regex replace and... Voiláa. No need for specific software or anything else. Thanks.
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Nice, thanks!