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/* (comment delimiter)

comment delimiter, /*

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    /* comment */
    /*
    comment
    comment
    */

Parameters

`comment` Any characters.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Comment; indicates one or more lines of script comments. Any characters that appear between the opening comment tag `/*` and the closing comment tag `*/`, are interpreted as a comment and ignored by the ActionScript interpreter. Use the first type of syntax to identify single-line comments. Use the second type of syntax to identify comments on multiple successive lines. Leaving off the closing tag `*/` when using this form of comment delimiter returns an error message.

Example

This script uses comment delimiters at the beginning of the script.

    /* records the X and Y positions of the
    ball and bat movie clips
    */

    ballX = ball._x;
    ballY = ball._y;
    batX = bat._x;
    batY = bat._y;

See also

`// (comment delimiter)`