Nonexecutable statement
Programming command that is not run or executed when being read by the computer. A commonly used nonexecutable statement is a remark (REM) used in batch files and and other Microsoft Windows and DOS programs.
Below is a listing of other text used to remark, comment, or cause the line to be skipped.
# | The pound symbol is a commonly used symbol to comment a line in programming languages. This symbol is only required once at the beginning of what you want ignored. |
; | The semicolon is commonly used to remark a line in an INI file. This symbol is only required once at the beginning of the line. Note that it must be at the beginning of the line in an INI file. |
! | The exclamation mark is used in scripting programs to comment a line. This symbol is commonly required at the beginning of the line. |
| /* */ | Used to add a comment to a line in the C
programming language. The comment must begin with /* and end with */. Below is
an example of how this may look. /* Computer Hope comment */ |
<!-- --> | Used in HTML and some other scripting languages.
Begin the comment with <!-- and end it with --> Below is an example
of how this may look in the HTML code. <!-- Computer Hope comment --> |
Also see: Comment, Programming definitions, Remark