Re: Simple way to skip spaces and # comments

I usually just s/// that kind of thing,

my $line = 'valid text blah blah # delete me and everything after poun
+d # also this';
$line =~ s/#.*$//;
print qq{"$line"\n};
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results in:

"valid text blah blah "
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I don't have an answer for your #2 question at the end.

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Re^2: Simple way to skip spaces and # comments by leszekdubiel (Scribe) on Jul 31, 2020 at 13:56 UTC
To be more precise... `$a` is a reference to string, that is beeing parsed. `pos $$a` shows current parsing position. From that position I need to skip all spaces and comments that extend maybe on many lines in that string. Positve zero-length match should be avoided.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Simple way to skip spaces and # comments by perlfan (Parson) on Jul 31, 2020 at 16:24 UTC
>Questions: (1) what is the better solution to strip white chars Asked and answered. Ż\_(ツ)_/Ż	[reply]