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How do I remove all comments in a Mathematica notebook?
Is there a syntax for single-line comments for notebooks?Evaluation of notebook from chosen cell to endHow to calculate the whole run time in a specific notebook?Undo history cleared after removing comments - bug?How validate hyperlinks in a notebook?Is there risk of corruption of comments added in a notebook outside Mathematica?Clearing all CellTags in a notebookIncluding Mathematica code in every new notebook automaticalyGet names of open notebooksWhy does Mathematica indent comments the way it does?
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Is there an option to delete every comment enclosed within (* *)s for a whole notebook? Or is it possible to do it with some string processing?
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Is there an option to delete every comment enclosed within (* *)s for a whole notebook? Or is it possible to do it with some string processing?
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Converting a cell toStandardFormeliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.
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– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
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Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
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– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
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@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the(* *)pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.
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– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
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@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting toStandardFormis a great idea. Thank you.
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– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
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@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
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Is there an option to delete every comment enclosed within (* *)s for a whole notebook? Or is it possible to do it with some string processing?
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Is there an option to delete every comment enclosed within (* *)s for a whole notebook? Or is it possible to do it with some string processing?
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Converting a cell toStandardFormeliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
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Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
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@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the(* *)pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.
$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
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@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting toStandardFormis a great idea. Thank you.
$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
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@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 31 at 23:39
add a comment |
3
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Converting a cell toStandardFormeliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
$begingroup$
Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
$begingroup$
@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the(* *)pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.
$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
$begingroup$
@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting toStandardFormis a great idea. Thank you.
$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
$begingroup$
@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 31 at 23:39
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Converting a cell to
StandardForm eliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
$begingroup$
Converting a cell to
StandardForm eliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
$begingroup$
Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
$begingroup$
Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
$begingroup$
@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the
(* *) pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
$begingroup$
@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the
(* *) pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
$begingroup$
@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting to
StandardForm is a great idea. Thank you.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
$begingroup$
@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting to
StandardForm is a great idea. Thank you.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
$begingroup$
@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 31 at 23:39
$begingroup$
@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
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– Daniel W
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String processing is not needed, fortunately because you'd have to detect nested string/comment patterns. It is easy with existing box structure though:
deleteComments[] := deleteComments @ EvaluationNotebook[];
deleteComments[nb_NotebookObject] := (
SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]
; NotebookWrite[nb, DeleteCases[NotebookGet[nb], RowBox["(*", ___, "*)"], Infinity]]
)
You can run deleteComments[] from your notebook or target any notebook you wish.
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Is it possible to condense your two definitions into a single one using a default argument?
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have aHoldAllattribute to not evaluateEvaluationNotebook[]too early. Or some kind ofUnevaluatedshenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.
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String processing is not needed, fortunately because you'd have to detect nested string/comment patterns. It is easy with existing box structure though:
deleteComments[] := deleteComments @ EvaluationNotebook[];
deleteComments[nb_NotebookObject] := (
SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]
; NotebookWrite[nb, DeleteCases[NotebookGet[nb], RowBox["(*", ___, "*)"], Infinity]]
)
You can run deleteComments[] from your notebook or target any notebook you wish.
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have aHoldAllattribute to not evaluateEvaluationNotebook[]too early. Or some kind ofUnevaluatedshenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.
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String processing is not needed, fortunately because you'd have to detect nested string/comment patterns. It is easy with existing box structure though:
deleteComments[] := deleteComments @ EvaluationNotebook[];
deleteComments[nb_NotebookObject] := (
SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]
; NotebookWrite[nb, DeleteCases[NotebookGet[nb], RowBox["(*", ___, "*)"], Infinity]]
)
You can run deleteComments[] from your notebook or target any notebook you wish.
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have aHoldAllattribute to not evaluateEvaluationNotebook[]too early. Or some kind ofUnevaluatedshenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.
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String processing is not needed, fortunately because you'd have to detect nested string/comment patterns. It is easy with existing box structure though:
deleteComments[] := deleteComments @ EvaluationNotebook[];
deleteComments[nb_NotebookObject] := (
SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]
; NotebookWrite[nb, DeleteCases[NotebookGet[nb], RowBox["(*", ___, "*)"], Infinity]]
)
You can run deleteComments[] from your notebook or target any notebook you wish.
answered Jul 29 at 7:31
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String processing is not needed, fortunately because you'd have to detect nested string/comment patterns. It is easy with existing box structure though:
deleteComments[] := deleteComments @ EvaluationNotebook[];
deleteComments[nb_NotebookObject] := (
SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]
; NotebookWrite[nb, DeleteCases[NotebookGet[nb], RowBox["(*", ___, "*)"], Infinity]]
)
You can run deleteComments[] from your notebook or target any notebook you wish.
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have aHoldAllattribute to not evaluateEvaluationNotebook[]too early. Or some kind ofUnevaluatedshenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have aHoldAllattribute to not evaluateEvaluationNotebook[]too early. Or some kind ofUnevaluatedshenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.
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Is it possible to condense your two definitions into a single one using a default argument?
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have a
HoldAll attribute to not evaluate EvaluationNotebook[] too early. Or some kind of Unevaluated shenanigans. So this is the way I write such functions.$endgroup$
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Jul 29 at 13:50
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@AccidentalFourierTransform but then you'd have to have a
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Converting a cell to
StandardFormeliminates comments in the cell. Select all Input cells in the notebook by option-clicking (on a Mac, I don't know the Windows keyboard equivalent) on the cell bracket of any Input cell, and use Cell > Convert To > StandardForm (shift-command-N) to remove comments in the whole notebook. Be aware that reformatting a cell will also eliminate any manual formatting, such as extra carriage returns you may have put in to improve readability of your code, so use with caution.$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 29 at 2:27
$begingroup$
Do you want to leave empty comments, or do you want to remove comments altogether? (The body seems to suggest the former and the title the latter.)
$endgroup$
– Peter Mortensen
Jul 29 at 12:57
$begingroup$
@Peter Mortensen To remove all comments including the
(* *)pair, not leaving empty comments. Sorry for any confusion.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 15:03
$begingroup$
@Daniel W selecting the cells and converting to
StandardFormis a great idea. Thank you.$endgroup$
– nanjun
Jul 29 at 20:52
$begingroup$
@nanjun Kuba’s answer is a better long term solution, which is why I put my answer as a comment. That said, sometimes all you are looking for is a quick set of keystrokes, and I have always liked the “select all cells of this type” trick.
$endgroup$
– Daniel W
Jul 31 at 23:39