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Entire blocks of code can be commented by enclosing the code between matching ‘#{’ and ‘#}’ or ‘%{’ and ‘%}’ markers. For example,
function quick_countdown # Count down for main rocket engines disp (3); #{ disp (2); disp (1); #} disp ("Blast Off!"); # Rocket leaves pad endfunction
will produce a very quick countdown from '3'
to "Blast Off"
as
the lines "disp (2);
" and "disp (1);
" won’t be executed.
The block comment markers must appear alone as the only characters on a line (excepting whitespace) in order to be parsed correctly.