strip-comments

Strip comments from code. Removes both line comments and/or block comments, with options to leave protected comments unharmed.

Install

Install with npm:

npm i strip-comments --save-dev

Run tests

npm test

Usage

var strip = require('strip-comments');
console.log(strip('Hey! // foo'));
//=> 'Hey !';

API

strip

Strip all comments

• str {String}: file contents or string to strip.
• opts {Object}: options are passed to .block, and .line
• returns {String}: String without comments.

Example:

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

.block

Strip only block comments, optionally leaving protected comments (e.g. /*!) intact.

• str {String}: file content or string to strip to
• opts {Object}: if safe:true, strip only comments that do not start with /*! or /**!
• returns {String}: String without block comments.

Example:

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

.line

Strip only line comments

• str {String}: file content or string to strip to
• opts {Object}: if safe:true, strip all that not starts with //!
• returns {String}: String without line comments.

Example:

console.log(strip("foo /* me too */"));
//=> 'foo'

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert, contributors.
Released under the MIT license

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