regular expression to delete comments

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Re: regular expression to delete comments by inman (Curate) on Jun 14, 2005 at 14:06 UTC
Take a look at Regexp::Common. This has been tested over a wider range of data than you have to hand. Combine with File::Find if you need to locate the C files in a directory tree.	[reply]
Re: regular expression to delete comments by thundergnat (Deacon) on Jun 14, 2005 at 14:31 UTC
Or, you could read the FAQ. `perldoc -q comments` [download] and the first hit is "How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a file?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: regular expression to delete comments by Elico (Initiate) on Jun 15, 2005 at 22:31 UTC
Thank you it was very helpful	[reply]
Re: regular expression to delete comments by cog (Parson) on Jun 14, 2005 at 14:11 UTC
You can also take a look at Acme::Comment.	[reply]