strip-comments

Strip comments from code. Removes line comments, block comments, the first comment only, or all comments. Optionally leave protected comments unharmed.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save strip-comments

Usage

By default all comments are stripped.

const strip = require('strip-comments');
const str = strip('const foo = "bar";// this is a comment\n /* me too *\/');
console.log(str);
// => 'const foo = "bar";\n'

For more use-cases see the tests

API

Strip all code comments from the given input, including protected comments that start with !, unless disabled by setting options.keepProtected to true.

Params

  • input {String}: string from which to strip comments

  • options {Object}: optional options, passed to extract-comments

  • returns {String}: modified input

Options

  • line {Boolean}: if false strip only block comments, default true

  • block {Boolean}: if false strip only line comments, default true

  • keepProtected {Boolean}: Keep ignored comments (e.g. /*!, /**! and //!)

  • preserveNewlines {Boolean}: Preserve newlines after comments are stripped

Example

const str = strip('const foo = "bar";// this is a comment\n /* me too */');
console.log(str);
// => 'const foo = "bar";'

Strip only block comments.

Params

  • input {String}: string from which to strip comments

  • options {Object}: pass opts.keepProtected: true to keep ignored comments (e.g. /*!)

  • returns {String}: modified string

Example

const strip = require('..');
const str = strip.block('const foo = "bar";// this is a comment\n /* me too */');
console.log(str);
// => 'const foo = "bar";// this is a comment'

Strip only line comments.

Params

  • input {String}: string from which to strip comments

  • options {Object}: pass opts.keepProtected: true to keep ignored comments (e.g. //!)

  • returns {String}: modified string

Example

const str = strip.line('const foo = "bar";// this is a comment\n /* me too */');
console.log(str);
// => 'const foo = "bar";\n/* me too */'

Strip the first comment from the given input. Or, if opts.keepProtected is true, the first non-protected comment will be stripped.

Params

  • input {String}

  • options {Object}: pass opts.keepProtected: true to keep comments with !

  • returns {String}

Example

const output = strip.first(input, { keepProtected: true });
console.log(output);
// => '//! first comment\nfoo; '

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test
Building docs

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Contributors

Author

Jon Schlinkert

License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.


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