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13 <h1>Commenting out code</h1> |
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15 <p>You can comment out one or more lines of code. The leading characters <samp>//</samp> |
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16 are added to the beginning of each line.</p> |
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18 <p><b>Tip:</b> The characters <samp>/* */</samp> on lines that already are |
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22 <p>To comment out code:</p> |
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25 <li>In the C/C++ editor, select the line(s) of code that you want to comment out. If no lines are selected comments will be added (or removed) at the current cursor positition.</li> |
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26 <li>Right-click and do one of the following:</li> |
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28 <li>To comment out the selected code, select <b>Comment</b>.</li> |
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29 <li>To remove the leading <samp>//</samp> characters from the selected |
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30 line(s) of code, select <b>Uncomment</b>.</li> |
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34 <b>Tip: </b>Instead of using the context menu (right click) you can quickly comment out by pressing CTRL+/ or remove comments by pressing CTRL+\. |
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