How to get all comments in vb source code (file.vb)

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hi everybody!

i am using vb6 for read a vb file, and get all comments in vb file. how can i do it using regular expression in vb6.?

thanks :)

Posted 12-Feb-14 3:32am

kakavn

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-02-12T03:46:00

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To be honest, I wouldn't - a regex is a fairly dumb object and is good at string matching, but it's pretty useless when it comes to complex stuff:

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Dim myVar as String = "It's going wrong!" 'Oh yes it is! It's wrong, wrong, wrong...

Instead I'd look at a more sophisticated parser, but why do you want to do that anyway - there may be a better way to do it.

Posted 12-Feb-14 3:46am

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kakavn 12-Feb-14 9:51am

i want to use regular like this "(/\*([^*]|[\r\n]|(\*+([^*/]|[\r\n])))*\*+/)|(//.*)". this is Regex for get all comment in Java source code.

how can't i get all comment in file .vb using Regex ??

Help me :)

Gregory Gadow · Answer 2 · 2014-02-12T05:04:00

Load your source file line by line, and test each line. What you want is to take everything after either ' or REM.

I'm not sure of the exact Regex, I'm afraid. My approach would be to open the source and read it character by character, taking everything between a comment indicator and the end of the line.