Comments in C

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Comments in C language are used to provide information about lines of code. It is widely used for documenting code. There are 2 types of comments in C language.

1.Single Line Comments

2.Multi Line Comments

Single Line Comments

Single line comments are represented by double slash \\. Let's see an example of single line comment in C.




#include<stdio.h>
int main(){    
    //printing information    
    printf("Hello C");    
return 0;  
}


Output:

Hello C

Even you can place comment after statement. For example:




printf("Hello C");//printing information


Mult Line Comments

Multi line comments are represented by slash asterisk \* ... *\. It can occupy many lines of code but it can't be nested. Syntax:

/*

code

to be commented

*/

Let's see an example of multi line comment in C.




#include<stdio.h>
int main(){    
    /*printing information   
      Multi Line Comment*/  
    printf("Hello C");    
return 0;  
}


Output:

Hello C




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