RosettaCodeData/Task/Strip-block-comments/AWK/strip-block-comments.awk

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# syntax: GAWK -f STRIP_BLOCK_COMMENTS.AWK filename
# source: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#Plain-Getline
# Remove text between /* and */, inclusive
{ while ((start = index($0,"/*")) != 0) {
out = substr($0,1,start-1) # leading part of the string
rest = substr($0,start+2) # ... */ ...
while ((end = index(rest,"*/")) == 0) { # is */ in trailing part?
if (getline <= 0) { # get more text
printf("unexpected EOF or error: %s\n",ERRNO) >"/dev/stderr"
exit
}
rest = rest $0 # build up the line using string concatenation
}
rest = substr(rest,end+2) # remove comment
$0 = out rest # build up the output line using string concatenation
}
printf("%s\n",$0)
}
END {
exit(0)
}