removes "extra" whitespace from a string. i.e, if there are more than 1 consecutive spaces/tabs, one is removed
line is the string to remove whitespace from
commentStart is the character that marks the start of a comment, if ==0, then comments are not not considered
removes "extra" whitespace from a string. i.e, if there are more than 1 consecutive spaces/tabs, one is removed
line is the string to remove whitespace from commentStart is the character that marks the start of a comment, if ==0, then comments are not not considered