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Returns
Nothing.
Description
Comment; indicates one or more lines of script comments. Any characters that appear between
the opening comment tag (
and ignored by the ActionScript interpreter. Use the
single-line comments. Use the /* comment delimiter to identify comments on multiple successive
lines. Leaving off the closing tag (
error message. Attempting to nest comments also returns an error message. After an opening
comment tag (/*) is used, the first closing comment tag (
the number of opening comment tags (/*) placed between them.
For more information, see
Example
The following script uses comment delimiters at the beginning of the script:
/* records the X and Y positions of the
ball and bat movie clips */
var ballX:Number = ball_mc._x;
var ballY:Number = ball_mc._y;
var batX:Number = bat_mc._x;
var batY:Number = bat_mc._y;
The following attempt to nest comments will result in an error message:
/* this is an attempt to nest comments.
/* But the first closing tag will be paired with the first opening tag */
and this text will not be interpreted as a comment */
See also
// (comment delimiter)
/= (division assignment)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
expression1 /= expression2
Parameters
expression1,expression2
Returns
A number.
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) and the closing comment tag (
/*
) when using this form of comment delimiter returns an
*/
"Operator precedence and associativity" on page
A number or a variable that evaluates to a number.
), are interpreted as a comment
*/
// (comment delimiter)
) will end the comment, regardless of
*/
to identify
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