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Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Comments
This chapter describes the syntax for comments, which can appear anywhere between tokens.
comment
Notations by the author to explain what a script does. Comments are ignored by the interpreter.
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Implemented in
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JavaScript 1.0, NES 2.0
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ECMA version
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ECMA-262
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Syntax
// comment text
/* multiple line comment text */
Description
JavaScript supports Java-style comments:
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Comments on a single line are preceded by a double-slash (//).
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Comments that span multiple lines are preceded by a /* and followed by a */.
Examples
// This is a single-line comment.
/* This is a multiple-line comment. It can be of any length, and
you can put whatever you want here. */
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