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Comments [painless-comments]

Use 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

  • Single-line comments.

    // single-line comment
    
    int value; // single-line comment
    
  • 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;