Blanking out multiple lines of code

[Petwoip]

I know the "//" before a line can negate a line of code, but is there a way to blank out a whole group of code. I hate when I have to write:

//
//
//
//
//
//

For dozens of lines. So what's an easier method?

[CaptinChu]

/*
This
Is
A
Comment
*/

Multiline comments are between /* and */

[Petwoip]

Thanks, that will help speed things up!

[kid-dude]

Damn beat me to it.

So heres some trivia. That is an accepted practice in many modern coding languages. One such being Java.

So there.

[CaptainPoncho]

At 6/27/08 09:52 PM, kid-dude wrote: Damn beat me to it.

So heres some trivia. That is an accepted practice in many modern coding languages. One such being Java.

So there.

Commenting is an accepted practice? Who'd have thought?

[JPI]

At 6/27/08 09:52 PM, kid-dude wrote: Damn beat me to it.

So heres some trivia. That is an accepted practice in many modern coding languages. One such being Java.

So there.

Just to whore this out some more.

In the actionscript developing program "Flash Develop", you can comment the line of code you are on by pressing Ctrl+Q.

Also, have you noticed that it's hard to do comment out chunks of code on a laptop because it doesn't have the numberpad (where / is right next to *). Frustrates me everytime :/

[Calipe]

I would add my 2 cents here as well.

If you want to comment something within a line but still allow other parts of the SAME line to execute, you can use the multiline comment statement /* */.

Example:

private var particles:Array /* of MovieClips */ = new Array();

Notice that the comment is within the same line directive, this does not interfere with the rest of the code however. So the above line still executes, and ActionScript sees this directive as:

private var particles:Array = new Array();