Line Comment for AS400/RPG

[1.01]

Hi,
I want to define a regular expression for Line Comment.

It should be :
1. If position 7 is a '*' character, then comment all the line;
2. Whatever shows from position 81, comment all from position 81 to the line end.

Now I just can make 1. work via:

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Line Comment = * Line Comment Valid Columns = [7]

But I have no ideas for 2. Is there any kindly to help this? Thanks a lot.

[Mofi]

The second rule is not really possible because regular expressions are not possible yet (=UE v15.20.0.1022) except for function strings. And for line comments there must be a comment starting string. I can only suggest following:

Line Comment Num = 1  Line Comment Valid Columns = [80] Line Comment Alt = * Line Comment Valid Columns Alt = [7]

Please note: There are 2 spaces after Line Comment Num = 1.

With this definition everything after column 80 is highlighted as comment when in column 80 there is a space character. To be 100% correct the space at column 80 is also highlighted as comment which of course you can see only when using a different background color for comments.

You can also use

Line Comment Num = 1  Line Comment Valid Columns = [80-4095] Line Comment Alt = * Line Comment Valid Columns Alt = [7]

to start line comment highlighting with first space found after column 79.

[1.01]

Thank you. It's totally clear now.