Option 1: Interpolation
We can create interpolation blocks that return an empty string, and embed the comments inside them.
const fields = `
id,${ /* post id */'' }
message,${ /* post status/message */'' }
created_time,
permalink_url,
type
`;
console.log(fields);Option 2: Tagged Templates
Using tagged templates we can clear the comments and reconstruct the strings. Here is a simple commented function that uses Array.map(), String.replace(), and a regex expression (which needs some work) to clear comments, and return the clean string:
const commented = (strings, ...values) => {
const pattern = /\/{2}.+$/gm; // basic idea
return strings
.map((str, i) =>
`${str}${values[i] !== undefined ? values[i] : ''}`)
.join('')
.replace(pattern, '');
};
const d = 10;
const fields = commented`
${d}
id, // post ID
${d}
message, // post/status message
created_time, // ...
permalink_uri,
type
`;
console.log(fields);