[[painless-comments]]
=== Comments

Use a comment to annotate or explain code within a script. Use the `//` token
anywhere on a line to specify a single-line comment. All characters from the
`//` token to the end of the line are ignored. Use an opening `/*` token and a
closing `*/` token to specify a multi-line comment. Multi-line comments can
start anywhere on a line, and all characters in between the `/*` token and `*/`
token are ignored. A comment is included anywhere within a script.

*Grammar*

[source,ANTLR4]
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SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT: '//' .*? [\n\r];
MULTI_LINE_COMMENT: '/*' .*? '*/';
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*Examples*

* Single-line comments.
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[source,Painless]
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// single-line comment

int value; // single-line comment
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* Multi-line comments.
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/* multi-
   line
   comment */

int value; /* multi-
              line
              comment */ value = 0;

int value; /* multi-line
              comment */

/* multi-line
   comment */ int value;

int value; /* multi-line
              comment */ value = 0;

int value; /* multi-line comment */ value = 0;
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