Mastering Comments in C++: Best Practices & Syntax
Program comments are explanatory statements that you can include in the C++ code. These comments help anyone reading the source code. All programming languages allow for some form of comments.
C++ supports single-line and multi-line comments. All characters available inside any comment are ignored by C++ compiler.
C++ comments start with /* and end with */. For example −
/* This is a comment */ /* C++ comments can also * span multiple lines */
A comment can also start with //, extending to the end of the line. For example −
Live Demo
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
main() {
cout << "Hello World"; // prints Hello World
return 0;
}
When the above code is compiled, it will ignore // prints Hello World and final executable will produce the following result −
Hello World
Within a /* and */ comment, // characters have no special meaning. Within a // comment, /* and */ have no special meaning. Thus, you can "nest" one kind of comment within the other kind. For example −
/* Comment out printing of Hello World: cout << "Hello World"; // prints Hello World */
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