[Source] Remove comments

SQLi · 05-28-2013, 02:57 AM

Here's a sub you can use to clean a source code from comments. It displays how long it took for the script to run and how many comments were removed.

Code:
'
    Sub RemoveComments(ByVal Input As String, ByVal CommentPrefix As String)
        Dim Time As Date = Now
        Dim Comments As Integer = 0
        Dim Clean As String = ""
        Dim Code As String() = Input.Split(Environment.NewLine)
        For Each Line As String In Code
            If Line.Contains(CommentPrefix) Then
                Clean &= Line.Split(CommentPrefix)(0)
                Comments += 1
            Else
                If Line <> "" Then
                    Clean &= Line
                End If
            End If
        Next
        My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText(Clean)
        MessageBox.Show("Completed after " & DateDiff(DateInterval.Second, Time, Now) & " seconds!" _
                        & Environment.NewLine & _
                        "Removed " & Comments & " comments from the code!" _
                        & Environment.NewLine & _
                        "Output saved to clipboard!")
    End Sub

Usage

Code:
'
        RemoveComments(TextBox1.Text, "//")

i0xIllusi0n · 05-28-2013, 04:34 AM

Or you can have it clean real comments, instead of only supporting VB.net

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SQLi · 05-28-2013, 04:45 AM

(05-28-2013, 04:34 AM)i0xIllusi0n Wrote: Or you can have it clean real comments, instead of only supporting VB.net

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Ah, yes. But I mostly work with VB.NET so I didn't even think about that. I'll add a solution in the OP.

yokai_old · 05-28-2013, 12:54 PM

(05-28-2013, 04:45 AM)SQLi Wrote: Ah, yes. But I mostly work with VB.NET so I didn't even think about that. I'll add a solution in the OP.

I think it's time you move on from vb..

SQLi · 05-28-2013, 04:19 PM

(05-28-2013, 12:54 PM)better_than_you Wrote: I think it's time you move on from vb..

How come?

ErroraBorealis · 05-28-2013, 04:40 PM

(05-28-2013, 04:19 PM)SQLi Wrote: How come?

It's only supported by windows, it has less features, STILL requires updated .net framework even though it's only for windows...
As soon as I get a c++ book, I'm porting my email bomber from VB.

SQLi · 05-28-2013, 05:17 PM

(05-28-2013, 04:40 PM)Sinisterkid Wrote: It's only supported by windows, it has less features, STILL requires updated .net framework even though it's only for windows...
As soon as I get a c++ book, I'm porting my email bomber from VB.

I'm fine with it being only for Windows, as it's what I use. Don't mind dependencies either unless I'm writing malware that is supposed to spread.

w00t · 05-28-2013, 05:24 PM

(05-28-2013, 04:40 PM)Sinisterkid Wrote: It's only supported by windows, it has less features, STILL requires updated .net framework even though it's only for windows...
As soon as I get a c++ book, I'm porting my email bomber from VB.

*cough*mono*cough*

And why would you ever want to remove comments? They're there for a reason, so you can look at code and not be like "wtf is this shit"

SQLi · 05-28-2013, 06:24 PM

(05-28-2013, 05:24 PM)w00t Wrote: *cough*mono*cough*

And why would you ever want to remove comments? They're there for a reason, so you can look at code and not be like "wtf is this shit"

Maybe you don't want a bunch of clutter in your code. If you can't understand the code then you probably shouldn't be coding.

ErroraBorealis · 05-28-2013, 06:45 PM

(05-28-2013, 06:24 PM)SQLi Wrote: Maybe you don't want a bunch of clutter in your code. If you can't understand the code then you probably shouldn't be coding.

This. I don't use comments. Although I wouldn't bother taking them out of any code if they where there.

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