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Python Comments
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Creating a Comment
Comments starts with a #, and Python will ignore them:
Example
- This is a comment
print(“Hello, World!”) Comments can be placed at the end of a line, and Python will ignore the rest of the line:
Example
print(“Hello, World!”) #This is a comment Comments does not have to be text to explain the code, it can also be used to prevent Python from executing code:
Example
- print(“Hello, World!”)
print(“Cheers, Mate!”) Multi Line Comments Python does not really have a syntax for multi line comments.
To add a multiline comment you could insert a # for each line:
Example
- This is a comment
- written in
- more than just one line
print(“Hello, World!”) Or, not quite as intended, you can use a multiline string.
Since Python will ignore string literals that are not assigned to a variable, you can add a multiline string (triple quotes) in your code, and place your comment inside it:
Example
“”“ This is a comment written in more than just one line ”“” print(“Hello, World!”) As long as the string is not assigned to a variable, Python will read the code, but then ignore it, and you have made a multiline comment.