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

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function striplinecomment{T<:String,U<:String}(a::T, cchars::U="#;")
b = strip(a)
0 < length(cchars) || return b
for c in cchars
r = Regex(@sprintf "\\%c.*" c)
b = replace(b, r, "")
end
strip(b)
end
tests = {"apples, pears # and bananas",
"apples, pears ; and bananas",
" apples, pears & bananas ",
" # "}
for t in tests
s = striplinecomment(t)
println("Testing \"", t, "\":")
println(" \"", s, "\"")
end