Name
//, /*...*/ — NN 2 IE J1 ECMA n/a
Synopsis
Comment statements that let you enter nonexecuting text in a script.
Any text following the //
symbol anywhere in a
statement line is ignored by the language interpreter. The next line
of script, unless it begins with another //
symbol, is interpreted by the browser.
For longer comment blocks, you can begin a block with the
/*
symbol. Comment blocks may run any number of
lines. The block is closed with the */
symbol,
after which the interpreter engages subsequent statements.
Example
// convert temp from C to F /* many lines of comments */
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