Comments in Java.

Comments in Java

• It is used to explain the code to make it more readable.
• It is not considered as a part of program,in other word we can saya that compiler ignores the comment.
• java comments are statements that are not executed by the compiler.

Types of comments in Java

• Single line comment
• Multiline comment

Single line comment

• It is used to comment only one line.
• Two forward slashes(//) is used for single line comment.
• Single line comment starts with double forward slashes.

//this is a single line comment
System.out.println("you are excellent");

Multiline comment

• Multiline comment is used to comment a block of code.
• Multiline comment statrts with /* and ends with */.
• The text between /* and */ is not executed by the compiler.

class Easy
{
 public static void main(String[] args) 
 {
     /*
     This is multiline comment
     Write a program to add 
     two number and store it 
     in third number
     */
     int x,y=10,z=30;
     x=y+z;
     System.out.println("Add="+x);
 }
}
/*
### Output ###
Add=40
*/