Comments

Question 1

Styles of Comments

Answer 1

Single line

Multi line comments

Question 2

Uses for comments

Answer 2

• for given library, program or function
• to describe what the library, program, function does
• to describe how the code will accomplish the goal
• do describe why the code is doing something
• as reminder for made decision
• to clarify what the code does to others

Question 3

Commenting out

Answer 3

Converting one or more lines of code into comment

Question 4

Reasons for commenting out

Answer 4

• the code you work on needs to be run but it is not ready to compile
• you dont have time to fix a code that doesnt work
• to find source of error
• to replace a piece of code with another

Question 5

Comment

Answer 5

Programmer readable note that is inserted directly into the source code of the program