code: def _get_statements(self, lines, start):
          
          result = []
          statement = []
          nocomment = [l.split("!")[0] for l in lines]
          length = 0
  
          for i in range(len(nocomment)):
              line = nocomment[i].strip()
              linenum = start + i
              length += len(lines[i]) + 1
  
              if len(line) == 0 or line[-1] != "&":
                  statement.append(line)
                  result.append((linenum-len(statement)+1, 
                                 " ".join(statement), length))
                  statement = []
                  length = 0
              else:
                  #Append the line without the continuation character.
                  statement.append(line[:len(line)-1])
  
          return result
docs: Returns a list of complete Fortran statements for the specified lines by
          dealing with comments and line continuations. Returns a list of tuples of
          the form (linenum, statement, orginal character length).
  
          :arg start: the start index in the overall document for these lines.