Comments
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Comments
editUse a comment to annotate or explain code within a script. Use the // token
anywhere on a line to specify a single-line comment. All characters from the
// token to the end of the line are ignored. Use an opening /* token and a
closing */ token to specify a multi-line comment. Multi-line comments can
start anywhere on a line, and all characters in between the /* token and */
token are ignored. A comment is included anywhere within a script.
Grammar
SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT: '//' .*? [\n\r]; MULTI_LINE_COMMENT: '/*' .*? '*/';
Examples
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Single-line comments.
// single-line comment int value; // single-line comment
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Multi-line comments.
/* multi- line comment */ int value; /* multi- line comment */ value = 0; int value; /* multi-line comment */ /* multi-line comment */ int value; int value; /* multi-line comment */ value = 0; int value; /* multi-line comment */ value = 0;