Remove comments in a JSON file
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def removecomments(s): | |
inCommentSingle = False | |
inCommentMulti = False | |
inString = False | |
t = [] | |
l = len(s) | |
i = 0 | |
fromIndex = 0 | |
while i < l: | |
c = s[i] | |
if not inCommentMulti and not inCommentSingle: | |
if c == '"': | |
slashes = 0 | |
for j in xrange(i - 1, 0, -1): | |
if s[j] != '\\': | |
break | |
slashes += 1 | |
if slashes % 2 == 0: | |
inString = not inString | |
elif not inString: | |
if c == '#': | |
inCommentSingle = True | |
t.append(s[fromIndex:i]) | |
elif c == '/' and i + 1 < l: | |
cn = s[i + 1] | |
if cn == '/': | |
inCommentSingle = True | |
t.append(s[fromIndex:i]) | |
i += 1 | |
elif cn == '*': | |
inCommentMulti = True | |
t.append(s[fromIndex:i]) | |
i += 1 | |
elif inCommentSingle and (c == '\n' or c == '\r'): | |
inCommentSingle = False | |
fromIndex = i | |
elif inCommentMulti and c == '*' and i + 1 < l and s[i + 1] == '/': | |
inCommentMulti = False | |
i += 1 | |
fromIndex = i + 1 | |
i += 1 | |
if not inCommentSingle and not inCommentMulti: | |
t.append(s[fromIndex:len(s)]) | |
return "".join(t) |
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