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comment

Notations by the author to explain what a script does. Comments are ignored by the interpreter.

Implemented in
Navigator 2.0, LiveWire 1.0

Syntax

// comment text
/* multiple line comment text */

Description

JavaScript supports Java-style comments:

Comments on a single line are preceded by a double-slash (//).

Comments that span multiple lines are preceded by a /* and followed by a */.

Examples

// This is a single-line comment.
/* This is a multiple-line comment. It can be of any length, and 
you can put whatever you want here. */

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