Index: mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/sympar2global_txt2m
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--- mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/sympar2global_txt2m
+++ mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/sympar2global_txt2m
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
 ###############################################################
 ## Version control history
 ###############################################################
 ## $Id$
 ## $Log$
+## Revision 1.4  1998/07/26 10:44:08  peterg
+## Now strips comment lines first
+##
 ## Revision 1.3  1998/07/25 18:27:45  peterg
 ## now uses the (extended with switch) sympars.txt file
 ##
 ## Revision 1.2  1998/03/22 11:13:27  peterg
 ## Back under RCS
@@ -28,18 +31,22 @@
 
 
 #Write out the variables in matlab global format
 strip_comments <$1_sympars.txt  |\
 awk '
-BEGIN{
-  var = "foobar";
-  print "global ..."
+{i++; 
+  if ((i==1)&&(NF>0)) {
+    printf ("global");
+    globals_exist=1
+  }
+  if (NF>0)
+    printf (" ...\n     %s", tolower($1));
 }
-{i++; print tolower($1), "..."; var = $1}
 END{
-  print var ";" # Repeat the last variable to avoid the trailing ...
+  if (globals_exist)
+    print ";"
 }' 
 
 # Now invoke the standard error handling.
 # mtt_error mtt_error.txt