static String cleanup(String s){
  for (; ; ) {
    s=s.trim();
    if (s.startsWith("*") || s.startsWith(";") || s.startsWith("/")|| s.startsWith("#")) {
      s=s.substring(1);
    }
 else {
      return s;
    }
  }
}

static String cleanup ( String s ) { for ( ; ; ) { s = s . trim ( ) ; if ( s . startsWith ( "*" ) || s . startsWith ( ";" ) || s . startsWith ( "/" ) || s . startsWith ( "#" ) ) { s = s . substring ( 1 ) ; } else { return s ; } } }
remove any leading space , star , slash - slash , semicolon or hashmark as these are common parts of the comment .
