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Many languages support both block and line comments – using different delimiters for each. For example, C, C++ and their many derivatives support block comments delimited by /* and */ and line comments delimited by //. Other languages support only one type of comment. [7]
Some form of line comment serves as line continuation. Turbo Assembler: \ m4: dnl; TeX: % Character position. Fortran 77: A non-comment line is a continuation of the prior non-comment line if any non-space character appears in column 6. Comment lines cannot be continued.
All examples are given for languages with C-like comments where a multi-line comment starts with /* and a single line comment starts with //. Doxygen ignores a comment unless it is marked specially. For a multi-line comment, the comment must start with /** or /*!. A markup tag is prefixed with a backslash (\) or an at-sign (@). [16]
Comments are ignored by the compiler and are written for better understanding of the program. OBTW [MESSAGE]TLDR: Similar to the BTW keyword, the OBTW keyword marks a multiline comment, a comment that spans multiple lines. In LOLCODE, the OBTW keyword signifies the start of a multiline comment while the TLDR keyword ends it.
A snippet of C code which prints "Hello, World!". The syntax of the C programming language is the set of rules governing writing of software in C. It is designed to allow for programs that are extremely terse, have a close relationship with the resulting object code, and yet provide relatively high-level data abstraction.
A programming statement can be distributed on multiple consecutive lines by using the underscore line continuation char (_), whereas multiple statements may be written on a single line by separating each statement with a colon (:). Block comments, as well as end-of-line remarks are supported.
GAS supports two comment styles. [7] Multi-line. As in C, multi-line comments start and end with mirroring slash-asterisk pairs: /* comment */ ... Example program
Javadoc ignores comments unless they are specially marked. A Javadoc comment is marked with an extra asterisk after the start of a multi-line comment: /**. A comment block pertains to the symbol that follows the block. An example of a class header block follows: