MultiLine Comments ================== ```Example from 121 languages: JavaScript, C, Java, CSS, PHP, Go, SQL, TypeScript, C#, Rust, Swift, Scala, Kotlin, Prolog, SAS, Objective-C, Dart, CUDA, Solidity, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Reason, Haxe, Chapel, Groovy, HCL, JSON5, Protocol Buffers, Yacc, OpenCL, ANTLR, Stata, ActionScript, PostCSS, Verilog, Less, Wa-lang, PEG.js, DOT, Lex, Zephir, Pig Latin, Jsonnet, Bicep, QML, Opa, Nextflow, PL/I, Processing, Jison, DTrace, POV-Ray SDL, Hack, Hjson, Ron, SystemVerilog, Rexx, Ceylon, AspectJ, ECL, JAI, eC, Bison, SCSS, Flow9, X10, B, Closure Templates, xBase, JFlex, Veryl, Xtend, LiveScript, SourcePawn, Fantom, Objective C++, Lasso, P4, JSON with Comments, Angelscript, Alloy, Cypher Query Language, Apex, DAX, Mask, PL/M, HuJSON, Linden Scripting Language, PARI/GP, DM, Eclipse Command Language, Game Maker Language, Sophia, WebIDL, Cycript, Slice, LoomScript, CartoCSS, XS, RenderScript, Type Language, Edje Data Collection, CLIST, kai, JS++, ARexx, winxed, Plus, Simple Actor Language System and Architecture, Boron, Amazon Redshift, PowerQuery M, Handel-C, blockml, Ion, Arden syntax, ProbeVue, JSL, Soy, bioscript, Manchester syntax /* A comment */ ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Python ''' A comment. ''' ``` ```Example from 4 languages: HTML, XML, SVG, Argdown <!-- A comment --> ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Perl =begin comment This is all part of multiline comment. You can use as many lines as you like These comments will be ignored by the compiler until the next =cut is encountered. =cut ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Ruby =begin A comment. =end ``` ```Example from 1 languages: PowerShell <# A comment #> ``` ```Example from 1 languages: MATLAB %{ A comment. %} ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Lua --[[ A comment. --]] ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Clojure (comment A comment ) ``` ```Example from 2 languages: CoffeeScript, MIPS architecture ### A comment ### ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Julia #= A comment. =# ``` ```Example from 22 languages: Mathematica, Pascal, OCaml, F#, Wolfram Language, Modula-2, Applescript, Oberon, TLA+, Isabelle, EBNF, Modula-3, ATS, Object Pascal, UrWeb, Classroom Object Oriented Language, Ligo, Fortress, NetLinx, Bluespec, COMPONENT PASCAL, Fibonacci (* A comment *) ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Nim #[ A comment ]# ``` ```Example from 1 languages: D /+ A comment +/ ``` ```Example from 5 languages: Elm, PureScript, Frege, Orc, omega {- A comment -} ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Scheme #| A comment |# ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Coq (* a comment *) ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Smalltalk " A comment " ``` ```Example from 1 languages: C3 /* Multiline comment */ ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Delphi { A comment } ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Twig {# A comment #} ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Scroll // A multiline comment ``` ```Example from 1 languages: groff text text text... .ig This is part of a large block of text that has been temporarily(?) commented out. We can restore it simply by removing the .ig request and the ".." at the end of the block. .. ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Jule /* A multi line comment */ ``` ```Example from 1 languages: dedukti (; A comment ;) ``` ```Example from 1 languages: HAGGIS ''' A comment ''' ``` ```Example from 1 languages: Speedie /* multiline comments */ ``` ```Example from 1 languages: GNU Poke #!/usr/bin/poke -L !# ``` ```Example from 1 languages: FML ### A comment ### ``` * Languages *with* MultiLine Comments include JavaScript, C, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Go, XML, SQL, TypeScript, C#, PowerShell, Rust, Swift, MATLAB, Scala, Lua, Kotlin, Haskell, Clojure, CoffeeScript, Prolog, SAS, Objective-C, Julia, Mathematica, Dart, CUDA, Solidity, WebAssembly, Pascal, Nim, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Reason, D, Elm, Haxe, Scheme, Chapel, Groovy, Coq, OCaml, F#, HCL, Smalltalk, PureScript, SVG, JSON5, Protocol Buffers, Yacc, OpenCL, C3, ANTLR, Stata, Delphi, ActionScript, PostCSS, Verilog, Pony, Hy, PostScript, Less, Wa-lang, PEG.js, DOT, Lex, Zephir, Pig Latin, Jsonnet, Bicep, Frege, QML, GNU Octave, Opa, Agda, Nextflow, MIPS architecture, PL/I, Processing, Jison, AMPL, DTrace, Wolfram Language, POV-Ray SDL, Hack, Modula-2, Hjson, Ron, SystemVerilog, Applescript, Rexx, Ceylon, Twig, AspectJ, Oberon, HLSL, ECL, GLSL, progsbase, Cryptol, TLA+, AutoIt, JAI, eC, Bison, Scroll, Transact-SQL, Boo, Isabelle, EBNF, SCSS, Flow9, ooc, X10, Modula-3, B, Closure Templates, xBase, Gosu, Maxima, Shen, JFlex, Veryl, ATS, Xtend, LiveScript, Io, SourcePawn, groff, Fantom, PL/pgSQL, Object Pascal, Argdown, Nix, BlitzMax, Whiley, Objective C++, Lasso, LilyPond, Csound, P4, clay, UrWeb, Jule, JSON with Comments, Angelscript, basic calculator, XSLT, Monkey, OpenEdge ABL, Croc, Classroom Object Oriented Language, Alloy, Ligo, Cypher Query Language, Fortress, Apex, DAX, Mask, PL/M, muPad, HuJSON, Mako, Linden Scripting Language, PARI/GP, DM, NetLinx, Eclipse Command Language, Bluespec, Game Maker Language, dedukti, Sophia, Sieve mail filtering language, WebIDL, Cycript, Slice, LoomScript, MiniD, COMPONENT PASCAL, CartoCSS, XS, RenderScript, Type Language, Edje Data Collection, Orc, CLIST, kai, HAGGIS, Aardvark, JS++, ARexx, Speedie, GNU Poke, Augeas, winxed, Plus, Simple Actor Language System and Architecture, TAL, Crap, Boron, Pawn, Amazon Redshift, PowerQuery M, Handel-C, blockml, Ion, Pikchr, Arden syntax, Urbiscript, omega, ProbeVue, AmbientTalk, JSL, Boogie, Spice, boa, SARL, FML, Fibonacci, Soy, bioscript, Manchester syntax, Smithy * Languages *without* MultiLine Comments include JSON, R, Bash, Elixir, Erlang, COBOL, Visual Basic, Fortran, Ada, Crystal, Tex, Tcl, VHDL, LaTeX, Eiffel, Janet, Nginx, Emacs Lisp, SAKO, PLY, mmCIF, Object File Format, SAT, GraphQL Schema Definition Language * View all concepts with or missing a *hasMultiLineComments* measurement http://pldb.info/../lists/explorer.html#columns=rank~id~appeared~tags~creators~hasMultiLineComments&searchBuilder=%7B%22criteria%22%3A%5B%7B%22condition%22%3A%22null%22%2C%22data%22%3A%22hasMultiLineComments%22%2C%22origData%22%3A%22hasMultiLineComments%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22num%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%2C%22logic%22%3A%22AND%22%7D missing http://pldb.info/../lists/explorer.html#columns=rank~id~appeared~tags~creators~hasMultiLineComments&searchBuilder=%7B%22criteria%22%3A%5B%7B%22condition%22%3A%22!null%22%2C%22data%22%3A%22hasMultiLineComments%22%2C%22origData%22%3A%22hasMultiLineComments%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22num%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%2C%22logic%22%3A%22AND%22%7D with * Read more about MultiLine Comments on the web: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages_(syntax)#Comments 1. 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