Comments in C++

Comments in C++

Comments in C++ are used to explain the C++ program, and to make it easy to read. It is used to prevent execution when testing alternative code. There are two types of comments that are singled-lined or multi-line comments. The comments help anyone reading the code.

C++ comment start with /* and end with */

 Example of Comments

/* This is a comment */

/* C++ comments can also
    multiple lines
*/

There are two types of comments

• • Single-line comments
  • Multi-line comments

Single-line Comments in C++

Single-line comments start with two forward slashes (//). Any text between // and the end of the line will not be executed this example uses a single-line comment before a line of code

Example of single line comment

//This is comments
cout<<"Hello world;

Multi-line Comments in C++

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

Example of multi line comment

/* The following code will print the Hello World!
to the screen, and it is amazing */
cout << "Hello World!";

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