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-rw-r--r--r_qtl/r_qtl2.py4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
index 93ce56c..e4c1894 100644
--- a/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
+++ b/r_qtl/r_qtl2.py
@@ -302,3 +302,7 @@ def raw_file_data(zipfilepath: Union[str, Path],
         wrappedfile = io.TextIOWrapper(innerfile)
         for  line in wrappedfile:
             yield line.strip()
+
+def strip_comments(rawdata: Iterator[str], commentchar) -> Iterator[str]:
+    """Remove comments from raw text."""
+    return (line for line in rawdata if not line.startswith(commentchar))