YUI remove javascript comments

Question

I need to remove comments (the "// This is a comment" like comments) from some Javascript code, I'm using YUI compressor, there is an option to do that?

Thanks

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Thanks for the response, I'm trying to merge several scripts and after compress with YUI; I've found if I compress and then merge the scripts it works, but if I merge and then compress, something goes wrong and I got a broken script

Carbazole

I merge then compress in my project and it works just fine. Do your scripts rely on lots of global variables and global functions? Maybe that's creating a problem for the compressor. How is it "broken"? – Ambages

the recommended way is to MINIFY each file first, then combine them secondly. Not the other way around. Is there any reason why you can't Minify then Combine? – Southerland

@Southerland Could you explain why it's recommended to minify before combining? I have an active question on this topic – Emptor

Answer 1

YUI Compressor removes comments by default. You have to use a special comment format to keep comments.

/*! This comment will not be removed, so it's a good place to put a copyright */

// this comment will be removed

/* this one too */

Ambages

it is removing only // comments all /* comments are not removed #20832097 – Erde