CommentFarmer is a node package that can parse out single or multi line comments from javascript or other languages which use the // or /* */ system for denoting comments. Is it available on NPM for installation.
To install type in your shell
$ npm install commentfarmer
To initalize on instance of the parser,
var ps = require('commentfarmer');
var parser = new ps.JSCommentParser();to parse a string,
parser.parse("var g = 7; //this line assigns a variable\n var h = 7 //so does this one\n");to get the comments or clear them,
console.log(parser.getComments()); // 'this line assigns a variable, so does this one'
parser.clearComments();This code is MIT licensed
Feel free to suggest changes or contribute