Chapter 4   Chapter 4 Comments


This chapter describes the syntax for comments, which can appear anywhere between tokens.

comment

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

Implemented in	JavaScript 1.0, NES 2.0
ECMA version	ECMA-262

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. */