Comments in C
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 the C language.
- Single Line Comments
- Multi-Line Comments
Single Line Comments
Single line comments are represented by double slash \\. Let’s see an example of a single line comment in C.
#include
int main(){
//printing information
printf("Hello C");
return 0;
}
int main(){
//printing information
printf("Hello C");
return 0;
}
Output:
Hello C
Even you can place the comment after the statement. For example:
printf"Hello C"//printing information
Multi 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 a multi-Line comment in C.
#include
int main(){
/*printing information
Multi-Line Comment*/
printf("Hello C");
return 0;
}
int main(){
/*printing information
Multi-Line Comment*/
printf("Hello C");
return 0;
}
Output:
Hello C
