Method getNextProgramCharDistance

astyle/src/ASBeautifier.cpp:1188–1224

* get distance to the next non-white space, non-comment character in the line. * if no such character exists, return the length remaining to the end of the line. */

 * if no such character exists, return the length remaining to the end of the line.
 */
int ASBeautifier::getNextProgramCharDistance(const string &line, int i) const
{
	bool inComment = false;
	int  remainingCharNum = line.length() - i;
	int  charDistance;
	char ch;

	for (charDistance = 1; charDistance < remainingCharNum; charDistance++)
	{
		ch = line[i + charDistance];
		if (inComment)
		{
			if (line.compare(i + charDistance, 2, "*/") == 0)
			{
				charDistance++;
				inComment = false;
			}
			continue;
		}
		else if (isWhiteSpace(ch))
			continue;
		else if (ch == '/')
		{
			if (line.compare(i + charDistance, 2, "//") == 0)
				return remainingCharNum;
			else if (line.compare(i + charDistance, 2, "/*") == 0)
			{
				charDistance++;
				inComment = true;
			}
		}
		else
			return charDistance;
	}

	return charDistance;
}

// check if a specific line position contains a header.
const string* ASBeautifier::findHeader(const string &line, int i,