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						- # strip-json-comments [](https://travis-ci.com/github/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments)
 - 
 - > Strip comments from JSON. Lets you use comments in your JSON files!
 - 
 - This is now possible:
 - 
 - ```js
 - {
 - 	// Rainbows
 - 	"unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
 - }
 - ```
 - 
 - It will replace single-line comments `//` and multi-line comments `/**/` with whitespace. This allows JSON error positions to remain as close as possible to the original source.
 - 
 - Also available as a [Gulp](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-strip-json-comments)/[Grunt](https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-strip-json-comments)/[Broccoli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/broccoli-strip-json-comments) plugin.
 - 
 - ## Install
 - 
 - ```
 - $ npm install strip-json-comments
 - ```
 - 
 - ## Usage
 - 
 - ```js
 - const json = `{
 - 	// Rainbows
 - 	"unicorn": /* ❤ */ "cake"
 - }`;
 - 
 - JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(json));
 - //=> {unicorn: 'cake'}
 - ```
 - 
 - ## API
 - 
 - ### stripJsonComments(jsonString, options?)
 - 
 - #### jsonString
 - 
 - Type: `string`
 - 
 - Accepts a string with JSON and returns a string without comments.
 - 
 - #### options
 - 
 - Type: `object`
 - 
 - ##### whitespace
 - 
 - Type: `boolean`\
 - Default: `true`
 - 
 - Replace comments with whitespace instead of stripping them entirely.
 - 
 - ## Benchmark
 - 
 - ```
 - $ npm run bench
 - ```
 - 
 - ## Related
 - 
 - - [strip-json-comments-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-json-comments-cli) - CLI for this module
 - - [strip-css-comments](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-css-comments) - Strip comments from CSS
 - 
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