Slide 4.6: Comments

Comments

Comments can be used to explain Java code, and to make it more readable. It can also be used to prevent execution when testing alternative code.

Single-line comments start with two forward slashes (//). Any text between // and the end of the line is ignored by Java (will not be executed).

Multi-line comments start with /* and end with */. Any text between /* and */ will be ignored by Java.

Review: Comments

   This is a single-line comment.

   This is the start of a multiple-line comment.
  Continue the multiple-line comment.
  This is the end of the multiple-line comment.

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