Re: nre, am I using it wrongly?

[planhths]

Or you can use parseutils:
    
    
    import parseutils
    
    const line = "     ; abc "
    
    const commentChars = {'#', ';'}
    var res = ""
    let pos = skipUntil(line, commentChars)
    
    if pos != line.len:
      let start = pos + 1
      discard parseUntil(line, res, '\0', start)
      echo("found a comment: ", res, " starting at: ", start)
    

I tried to use scanp before but it offers no convenience, and so you need to 
use custom logic and has weird syntax.