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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Operators > /*..*/ block comment delimiter operator

/*..*/ block comment delimiter operator

/* comment */
/* comment
comment */

Indicates one or more lines of script comments. Any characters that appear between the opening comment tag (/*) and the closing comment tag (*/), are interpreted as a comment and ignored by the ActionScript interpreter. Use the // (comment delimiter) to identify single-line comments. Use the /* comment delimiter to identify comments on multiple successive lines. Leaving off the closing tag (*/) when using this form of comment delimiter returns an error message. Attempting to nest comments also returns an error message. After an opening comment tag (/*) is used, the first closing comment tag (*/) will end the comment, regardless of the number of opening comment tags (/*) placed between them.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Operands

comment - Any characters.

Example

The following script uses comment delimiters at the beginning of the script:

/* records the X and Y positions of 
the ball and bat movie clips */ 
var ballX:Number = ball_mc._x; 
var ballY:Number = ball_mc._y; 
var batX:Number = bat_mc._x; 
var batY:Number = bat_mc._y; 

The following attempt to nest comments will result in an error message:

/* this is an attempt to nest comments. 
/* But the first closing tag will be paired 
with the first opening tag */ 
and this text will not be interpreted as a comment */ 

See also

// line comment delimiter operator

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