| 1. 4. 1. Comments in general |
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It is good practice to write comments explaining your code. |
There are two types of comments in Java, both with syntax similar to comments in C and C++. |
- Traditional comments: Enclose a traditional comment in /* and */.
- End-of-line comments: Use double slashes (//) which causes the rest of the line ignored by the compiler.
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Traditional comments do not nest, which means |
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/* comment 1 */
comment 2 */
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- is invalid because the first */ after the first /* will terminate
- which will generate a compiler error
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End-of-line comments can contain anything, including the sequences of characters /* and */, such as this: |
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// /* this comment is okay */
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