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Comments in C#

As you know, commenting your code helps make it a good deal clearer. C# supports three types of comments, C++-style // comments, C-style /*...*/ comments, and XML-style /// comments.

// Comments

The // style of comments are the most commonly used in C#, as in C++. These comments are single-line comments, making the compiler ignore the text following the //:

class ch01_01
{
  // Display the message.

  static void Main()
  {
    System.Console.WriteLine("Hello from C#.");
  }
}

These comments don't have to be on their own line, of course; you can add them to any line, and the compiler will stop looking for code when it reaches the // on a line:

class ch01_01
{
  static void Main()
  {
 System.Console.WriteLine("Hello from C#."); // Show message. ...