Comments in Python
Comments in python is like a notes, that will helpful when we revisit the code, or some other coder will understand what you have written.
It is always a good habit to write the comments in your codes.
Two types of Comments in Python
- Single line comments
- Multi line comments or Doc string comments
Single line comments uses the Hash (#) symbol before the line to mark as comment in Python.
Example for single line comment in python:
#Following print function prints a statement Hello World!
print("Hello World!")
The first line in the above code is a comment. Following example is a concise representation of a single line comments in python.
print("Hello World!") # print function prints a statement Hello World!
Unfortunately, there is no multi-line comment representation in python like C and Java. We can use only single line comments for multi line comments too. Following code is an example of Multi line comments in python.
# Following print function prints a statement Hello World!
# No semicolon required in Python
# Indentation is very important in python
print("Hello World!")
However, there is an another way called triple quote ''' this is not a multi line comment''' used for documentation purpose called docstring.
Ex:
''' DocString goes here, it can be multi line'''