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Name

// (comment)

Examples
// Draws two lines which divides the window
// into four quadrants
line(0, 50, 100, 50);  // Draw the horizontal line
line(50, 0, 50, 100);  // Draw the vertical line
Description Explanatory notes embedded within the code. Comments are used to remind yourself and to inform others about the details of the code. Single-line comments are signified with the two forward slash characters. Comments are ignored by the compiler.
Syntax
// comment
Parameters
comment any sequence of characters
Related/* */ (multiline comment)
/** */ (doc comment)
Updated on January 21, 2019 10:05:16am EST

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