diff --git a/Unix/cloc b/Unix/cloc
index 05b3d5af..4eac343b 100755
--- a/Unix/cloc
+++ b/Unix/cloc
@@ -5981,15 +5981,23 @@ sub rm_comments_in_strings {                 # {{{1
         if $opt_v > 2;
 
     my @save_lines = ();
-    foreach (@{$ra_lines}) {
-
-        my ($line, $string_marker, $start_comment, $end_comment) = @_;
+    foreach my $line (@{$ra_lines}) {
+       #print "line=[$line]\n";
+        if ($line !~ /${string_marker}/) {
+            # short circuit; no strings on this line
+            push @save_lines, $line;
+            next;
+        }
         my @tokens = split(/(${string_marker}.*?${string_marker})/, $line);
         my $new_line = "";
         foreach my $t (@tokens) {
-    #       printf "  t = [$t]\n";
-            $t =~ s/\Q${start_comment}\E/xx/g;
-            $t =~ s/\Q${end_comment}\E/xx/g if $end_comment;
+           #printf "  t0 = [$t]\n";
+            if ($t =~ /${string_marker}.*${string_marker}$/) {
+                # enclosed in quotes; process this token
+                $t =~ s/\Q${start_comment}\E/xx/g;
+                $t =~ s/\Q${end_comment}\E/xx/g if $end_comment;
+            }
+           #printf "  t1 = [$t]\n";
             $new_line .= $t;
         }
 
diff --git a/Unix/t/01_opts.t b/Unix/t/01_opts.t
index d321432a..b77f51f0 100755
--- a/Unix/t/01_opts.t
+++ b/Unix/t/01_opts.t
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ my @Tests = (
                     'ref'  => '../tests/outputs/issues/341/results.yaml',
                 },
 
+                {
+                    'name' => '--strip-str-comments (github issue #350)',
+                    'cd'   => '../tests/inputs/issues/350',
+                    'args' => '--strip-str-comments .',
+                    'ref'  => '../tests/outputs/issues/350/fs.go.yaml',
+                },
 
 #               {
 #                   'name' => '--count-and--diff with --out',
diff --git a/cloc b/cloc
index b20a6dcc..f70fff8c 100755
--- a/cloc
+++ b/cloc
@@ -5971,15 +5971,23 @@ sub rm_comments_in_strings {                 # {{{1
         if $opt_v > 2;
 
     my @save_lines = ();
-    foreach (@{$ra_lines}) {
-
-        my ($line, $string_marker, $start_comment, $end_comment) = @_;
+    foreach my $line (@{$ra_lines}) {
+       #print "line=[$line]\n";
+        if ($line !~ /${string_marker}/) {
+            # short circuit; no strings on this line
+            push @save_lines, $line;
+            next;
+        }
         my @tokens = split(/(${string_marker}.*?${string_marker})/, $line);
         my $new_line = "";
         foreach my $t (@tokens) {
-    #       printf "  t = [$t]\n";
-            $t =~ s/\Q${start_comment}\E/xx/g;
-            $t =~ s/\Q${end_comment}\E/xx/g if $end_comment;
+           #printf "  t0 = [$t]\n";
+            if ($t =~ /${string_marker}.*${string_marker}$/) {
+                # enclosed in quotes; process this token
+                $t =~ s/\Q${start_comment}\E/xx/g;
+                $t =~ s/\Q${end_comment}\E/xx/g if $end_comment;
+            }
+           #printf "  t1 = [$t]\n";
             $new_line .= $t;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/inputs/issues/350/fs.go b/tests/inputs/issues/350/fs.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88de3d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/inputs/issues/350/fs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package fs
+
+func List() []string {
+	afero.Glob("/*")
+}
+
+func (fs aferoFs) AtomicCreateWith(fname string, data []byte) {
+	tmpFile := Sprintf("%s.tmp", fname)
+}
+
+// this is a comment
+// this is a "comment"
+// "this is a comment"
+"// this is a comment"
+
+func deleteTmpFiles(fs afero.Fs) {
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	for _, n := range tmpFiles {
+		fs.Remove()
+		if err != nil {
+		}
+	}
+}
+// https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc/issues/350
diff --git a/tests/outputs/issues/245/CRS.scala.yaml b/tests/outputs/issues/245/CRS.scala.yaml
index 901ed4df..ebb1e8db 100644
--- a/tests/outputs/issues/245/CRS.scala.yaml
+++ b/tests/outputs/issues/245/CRS.scala.yaml
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 # github.com/AlDanial/cloc
 header : 
   cloc_url           : github.com/AlDanial/cloc
-  cloc_version       : 1.77
-  elapsed_seconds    : 0.00808191299438477
+  cloc_version       : 1.81
+  elapsed_seconds    : 0.00722098350524902
   n_files            : 1
   n_lines            : 41
-  files_per_second   : 123.733081597734
-  lines_per_second   : 5073.05634550711
-  report_file        : CRS.scala.yaml
-Scala :
+  files_per_second   : 138.48529071879
+  lines_per_second   : 5677.8969194704
+  report_file        : ../tests/outputs/issues/245/CRS.scala.yaml
+'Scala' :
   nFiles: 1
   blank: 8
-  comment: 0
-  code: 33
+  comment: 8
+  code: 25
 SUM: 
   blank: 8
-  comment: 0
-  code: 33
+  comment: 8
+  code: 25
   nFiles: 1
diff --git a/tests/outputs/issues/350/fs.go.yaml b/tests/outputs/issues/350/fs.go.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1169a7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/outputs/issues/350/fs.go.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# github.com/AlDanial/cloc
+header : 
+  cloc_url           : github.com/AlDanial/cloc
+  cloc_version       : 1.81
+  elapsed_seconds    : 0.00793290138244629
+  n_files            : 1
+  n_lines            : 26
+  files_per_second   : 126.057283683467
+  lines_per_second   : 3277.48937577014
+  report_file        : ../../../outputs/issues/350/fs.go.yaml
+'Go' :
+  nFiles: 1
+  blank: 4
+  comment: 4
+  code: 18
+SUM: 
+  blank: 4
+  comment: 4
+  code: 18
+  nFiles: 1