Microsoft® JScript™ Comment Statements | Language Reference Version 1

##### Description

> Causes comments to be ignored by the JScript parser.

##### Syntax 1

> Single-line Comment:
> // comment

##### Syntax 2

> Multiline Comment:
> /*
> comment
> */

> The comment argument is the text of any comment you want to include in your script.

##### Syntax 3

> //@CondStatement

##### Syntax 4

> /*@
> CondStatement
> @*/

> The CondStatement argument is conditional compilation code to be used if conditional compilation is activated. If Syntax 3 is used, there can be no space between the "//" and "@" characters.

##### Remarks

> Use comments to keep parts of a script from being read by the JScript parser. You can use comments to include explanatory remarks in a program.

> If Syntax 1 is used, the parser ignores any text between the comment marker and the end of the line. If Syntax 2 is used, it ignores any text between the beginning and end markers.

> Syntaxes 3 and 4 are used to support conditional compilation while retaining compatibility with browsers that do not support that feature. These browsers treat those forms of comments as syntaxes 1 and 2 respectively.

> The following example illustrates the most common uses of the comment statement:

> >     function myfunction(arg1, arg2)
> >     {
> >       /* This is a multiline comment that
> >          can span as many lines as necessary */
> >       var r;
> >       // This is a single line comment
> >       r = arg1 + arg2; // Multiple the two args.
> >       return(r);
> >     }

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