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% strips block comments from a source % |
% strips block comments from a source % |
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% the source is read from standard input and the result written to % |
% the source is read from standard input and the result written to % |
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% standard output, The comment start text is in cStart and the ending % |
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% is in cEnd. % |
% is in cEnd. % |
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% As strings are fixed length in Algol W, the first space in cStart/cEnd % |
% As strings are fixed length in Algol W, the first space in cStart/cEnd % |
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% is assumed to terminate the delimiter, i.e. the comment start/end % |
% is assumed to terminate the delimiter, i.e. the comment start/end % |
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% delimiters cannot contain spaces. % |
% delimiters cannot contain spaces. % |
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% If non- |
% If non-blank, quote1 and quote2 are the string quote characters. % |
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% If escape is non-blank it indicates that quotes can be embedded in % |
% If escape is non-blank it indicates that quotes can be embedded in % |
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% string literals by |
% string literals by preceding them with escape (as in C, java, etc.). % |
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procedure stripBlockComments( string(32) value cStart, cEnd |
procedure stripBlockComments( string(32) value cStart, cEnd |
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; string(1) value quote1, quote2, escape |
; string(1) value quote1, quote2, escape |
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