RosettaCodeData/Task/Strip-comments-from-a-string/FreeBASIC/strip-comments-from-a-strin...

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' FB 1.05.0 Win64
Sub stripComment(s As String, commentMarkers As String)
If s = "" Then Return
Dim i As Integer = Instr(s, Any commentMarkers)
If i > 0 Then
s = Left(s, i - 1)
s = Trim(s) '' removes both leading and trailing whitespace
End If
End Sub
Dim s(1 To 4) As String = _
{ _
"apples, pears # and bananas", _
"apples, pears ; and bananas", _
"# this is a comment", _
" # this is a comment with leading whitespace" _
}
For i As Integer = 1 To 4
stripComment(s(i), "#;")
Print s(i), " => Length ="; Len(s(i))
Next
Print
Print "Press any key to quit"
Sleep