The following procedure will remove C style comments (i.e. /* .... */ ) from text.
proc removeComments { text {replacement ""} } {
regsub -all {[/][*].*?[*][/]} $text ${replacement} text
return $text
}If you need to remove C style comments that are imbedded (i.e. /* ... /* ... */ ... */) use the following procedure.
proc removeImbeddedComments { text {replacement ""} } {
set text [string map {"/*" \x80 "*/" \x81} $text]
while {[regsub -all {\x80[^\x80\x81]*?\x81} $text ${replacement} text]} {continue}
set text [string map {\x80 "/*" \x81 "*/"} $text]
return $text
}Use Examples:
removeComments ${data} "#comment-removed#"
removeImbeddedComments ${data} "#comment-removed#"