Comments
Writing Comments in Python
Comments are notes you write in your code to explain what it does. Python ignores comments when running your program — they're just for humans reading the code.
python
# This is a single-line comment
print("Hello!") # This is an inline commentSingle-line comments start with
#. Everything after the # on that line is ignored by Python.Multi-line Comments
Python doesn't have a dedicated multi-line comment syntax, but you can use triple quotes
"""...""" or multiple # lines.python
"""
This is a multi-line comment
(technically a string that's not assigned)
"""
# You can also use
# multiple single-line
# comments like thisTip:Good comments explain WHY you did something, not WHAT the code does. The code itself should be clear enough to show what it does.
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Output
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