Chapter 1.2, Problem 17SCP

Program Plan Intro

The java comments:

• The java comments are used to provide information or explanation about each statement in a java program.
• The comments help better understanding of the lines of codes of a program. The comments explain about variable, method, class or any other statement.
• The comments does not executes by the compiler or interpreter.
• The java comments are of 3 types. That are,
  • Single line comments
  • Multi line comments
  • Documentation comments

Single line comments:

• The single line comments are used to comment only one line.
• The single line comments starts with “//” symbol.
• Example:

//here, i is a variable

Int i=10;

Multiline comment:

• The Multiline comments are used to comment only one line.
• The single line comments starts with “/*” and ends “*/”.
• Example:

/*here, i is a variable

Int i=10;*/