Comments in Java

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Comments can be used to explain Java code, and to make it more readable. It can also be used to prevent execution when testing alternative code.

Single-line comments start with two forward slashes (//).

Any text between // and the end of the line is ignored by Java (will not be executed).

This example uses a single-line comment before a line of code:

Example

// This is a comment
System.out.println("Hello World");

This example uses a single-line comment at the end of a line of code:

System.out.println("Hello World"); // This is a comment

Program:

 public class Sample {

   /* This is my first java program.
    * This is an example of multi-line comments.
    */

   public static void main(String []args) {
      // This is an example of single line comment
      /* This is also an example of single line comment. */
      System.out.println("This program is example of command");
   }
}

Output:

This program is example of command

Explanation:

/* The code below will print the words Hello World
to the screen, and it is amazing */
System.out.println("Hello World");