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Comments In Python

In this article, we will discuss about how to use comments in Python.

What Are The Comments?

Comments in any programming language are used to document code. The text written inside the comment section is completely ignored when we run the program.

Here is the syntax for writing comments.

# Comments

How Comment Works?

Consider the following Python code: -

Picture showing the sample python code with comments

Here only print statements will get executed and the first line is ignored by the compiler.

How To Comment And Uncomment Multiple Lines?

For commenting the multiple lines, select the lines you want to comment. Go to the Format menu and click on the Comment Out Region option.

Picture showing the comment out region menu in IDLE

Similarly, to uncomment the lines, select the lines you want to uncomment. Go to the Format menu and click on the Uncomment Region option.

Picture showing the Uncomment region menu in IDLE

Multiline Comments

Here is an example of multiline comments.

print("This is the multiline comment")

'''
print("This line will not get printed")
'''

The output of the above code is: -

Picture showing the multiline comment in python

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Monday, January 28, 2019

Updated On -	Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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