SilkPerformer: Comments in Data Files

Often I have a need to include or exclude certain lines in the input data files. Since SilkPerformer does not allow such, I use the following pattern:

1. // get the login info  
2.     FileCSVLoadGlobal(ghFileLogin, gcsFileLogin);  
3.     loop  
4.       FileGetNextUniqueRow(ghFileLogin);  
5.       sUsername := FileGetCol(ghFileLogin, 1, STRING_COMPLETE);  
6.       sPassword := FileGetCol(ghFileLogin, 2, STRING_COMPLETE);  
7.       if Substr(sUsername, sTemp, 1, 1) <> "#" then exit end;  
8.     end;  

For this way, any lines starts with a hash sign (or pound sign) can safely be ignored.