question: 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 ; } } }
target:  Remove any leading space, star, slash-slash, semicolon or hashmark as these are common parts of the comment.