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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

Let us see the following sample python code.

Picture showing the sample python code with comments

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Here only print statements will only get executed.

How Do Comment And Uncomment Multiple Lines?

For commenting the multiple lines: -

Select the lines you want to comment
Go to Format → Comment Out Region

Picture showing the comment out region menu in IDLE

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Similarly, to uncomment the lines: -

Select the lines you want to comment
Go to Format → Uncomment Region

Picture showing the Uncomment region menu in IDLE

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Multiline Comments

Here is an example of multiline comments.

print("This is the multiline comment")

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

Here is the output of above code

Picture showing the multiline comment in python

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Monday, January 28, 2019

Updated On -	Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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