US 9,430,231 B1Granted

Automatic comment creation for computer files

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorIan M. Hodges

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include a method, computer program product, and system for inserting text content into a computer file as a comment in a determined comment convention. In an embodiment, a comment convention is determined in a file. The file includes at least one file line. A text content is received. A comment is inserted into the file. The comment includes the comment convention and the text content.

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A method for inserting text into a file as a comment in a determined comment convention, the method comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, at least one file line of a file that has a special character as the first non-space character;
determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more character sequences in the determined at least one file line;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a start comment sequence as a most frequently identified character sequence of the determined one or more character sequences;
determining, by one or more computer processors, an end comment sequence as the reverse order of the start comment sequence in a file line in which the start comment sequence is identified;
determining, by one or more computer processors, if a first appearance of the start comment sequence and a file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
responsive to determining the first appearance of the start comment sequence and the file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a header line as the file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence;
determining, by one or more computer processors, if a last appearance of the start comment sequence and a file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
responsive to determining the last appearance of the start comment sequence and the file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location,
determining, by one or more computer processors, a trailer line as the file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a text content;
and
inserting, by one or more computer processors, a comment into the file, wherein the comment includes the start comment sequence, the end comment sequence, the header line, the trailer line, and the text content.

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Abstract

A method for inserting text into a file as a comment in a determined comment convention, the method comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, at least one file line of a file that has a special character as the first non-space character;
determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more character sequences in the determined at least one file line;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a start comment sequence as a most frequently identified character sequence of the determined one or more character sequences;
determining, by one or more computer processors, an end comment sequence as the reverse order of the start comment sequence in a file line in which the start comment sequence is identified;
determining, by one or more computer processors, if a first appearance of the start comment sequence and a file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
responsive to determining the first appearance of the start comment sequence and the file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a header line as the file line immediately preceding the start comment sequence;
determining, by one or more computer processors, if a last appearance of the start comment sequence and a file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location;
responsive to determining the last appearance of the start comment sequence and the file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence have a same character in a same character location,
determining, by one or more computer processors, a trailer line as the file line immediately succeeding the start comment sequence;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a text content;
and
inserting, by one or more computer processors, a comment into the file, wherein the comment includes the start comment sequence, the end comment sequence, the header line, the trailer line, and the text content.

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