[newbie] How can I catch a C comment with a regex?

[Belbo]

Hi,
I've tried to catch C comments (/* ... */) with a cycle like this:

while(($comm =~ /\/\*/) and
($comm !~ /\*\//) and
(defined($next_line=<IN_FICH>)))
{$comm=$comm.$next_line;}
print $comm

I'm sure there's an another way less stupid. But what?

Bye

 

[Paul Lalli]

Hi,
I've tried to catch C comments (/* ... */) with a cycle like this:

while(($comm =~ /\/\*/) and
($comm !~ /\*\//) and
(defined($next_line=<IN_FICH>)))
{$comm=$comm.$next_line;}
print $comm

I'm sure there's an another way less stupid. But what?

I have no idea by what criteria you're defining stupidity in this case.
Regardless:

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Paul Lalli

 

[Jürgen Exner]

Hi,
I've tried to catch C comments (/* ... */) with a cycle like this:

[Attempt at parsing a programming language using REs snipped]

You don't. Programming langauges are too complex to be parsed by REs.
Just one issue (the most trivial one) that apparently you didn't think
about: What if the /* appears inside of text?

I'm sure there's an another way less stupid. But what?

Use a parser to parse a programming language.

jue