Hi I need to preprocess a JSONC (super set of json that supports comments like //this one and /* this one */) to transform it into normal JSON (standard) using python regex only. Started to believe this can't be solved with regex only, but via semantic processing, maybe something like tree-sitter, but asking regex for now. As a test example, I have the following: ( note 1: If you remove everything that's in the comments manually, you get a clear json; note 2: The JSON is always pretty print; note 3: The problem statement is very clear, and the code below is just an example, meaning that there might be cases not covered in here; ). //tried this sed -r 's#\s//[^}]*##' // also tried this sed -r 's#\s//[^}]*##' [ { "test1" : "http://test.com", "test2" : "http://test.com",//test // any thing "ok" : 3, //here 2 "//networkpath1" : true, //whynot "//networkpath2" : true // ok },//eof { "statement" : "I like test cases" }//eof ] I might allow a couple of conceptions like, "forget about python, just give me something that works, similar to the failed sed attempts commented out at the top of the code." "forget about /* this */" Continue reading...
