From 097ac6684c25d9b7d509ff41e0b971c263cb048e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Zingale <michael.zingale@stonybrook.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 17:59:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix the check_params script (#2850)

when a parameter line had a comment, we were removing the wrong
part of the line
---
 .github/workflows/check_params.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_params.py b/.github/workflows/check_params.py
index c2807710d7..d17bcd047d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_params.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_params.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def doit(castro_dir):
                 # remove comments
                 idx = line.find("#")
                 if idx > 0:
-                    line = line[idx:]
+                    line = line[:idx]
 
                 found_param = pattern.match(line)
                 if not found_param: