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The document explains the purpose and usage of comments in Python programming, highlighting that comments are ignored by the interpreter and can enhance code readability. It covers single-line and multi-line comments, providing examples, and emphasizes the importance of comments for debugging and collaboration. Additionally, it notes keyboard shortcuts for adding comments in text editors.

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The document explains the purpose and usage of comments in Python programming, highlighting that comments are ignored by the interpreter and can enhance code readability. It covers single-line and multi-line comments, providing examples, and emphasizes the importance of comments for debugging and collaboration. Additionally, it notes keyboard shortcuts for adding comments in text editors.

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LEARNING

OBJECTIVES
• STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT PYTHON COMMENTS
• LEARN HOW TO USE PYTHON COMMENTS
PYTHON COMMENTS

• Comments are hints that we add to our


code to make it easier to understand.
• When executing code, Python's interpreter
ignores comments.
• In Python, a comment starts with a #.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM TO PRINT A TEXT ENTERED BY THE USER.

name = input("Enter your name:")


print(name)
• To make this program more readable, we can add comments like:

# Program to take the user's name

name = input('Enter your name')


print(name)
Here, the line starting with # is a comment. The Python compiler ignores everything after the
# symbol.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE,

# printing a number
print(25)
Output: 25
Here, # printing a number is a comment. This part is completely
ignored by the computer.
COMMENTS EXAMPLE

• Let's take a look at another example.

# Printing two numbers at once


print(6, 8)
# Output: 6 8
Here, the program contains two comments:

# Printing two numbers at once


# Output: 6 8
THE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF COMMENTS IN
PYTHON.
SINGLE-LINE COMMENT

We use the hash(#) symbol to


On the example, we have used three
write a single-line comment. single-line comments:
For example,
# declare a variable
# declare a variable # print name
# John
name = 'John'

# print name
print(name) # John
NOTE:
• Remember the keyboard shortcut to
apply comments. In most text editors,
it's Ctrl + / if you are on Windows
& Cmd + / if you are on a Mac.
MULTILINE COMMENTS

• Python doesn't have dedicated multi-line comment syntax like some other programming
languages like C++ and Java.

• However, we can achieve the same effect by using the hash (#) symbol at the beginning
of each line.

Let's look at an example.


# print(1)
# print(2)
# print(3)
WE CAN ALSO USE MULTILINE STRINGS AS
COMMENTS LIKE:
'''This program takes an input from the user and prints it'''

name = input('Enter your name: ')


print(name)

Oral Recitation:

What is the OUTPUT= ???


PREVENT EXECUTING CODE USING COMMENTS
• Comments are valuable when debugging code.
• If we encounter an error while running a program,
ACTIVITY 1:
instead of removing code segments, we can
comment them out to prevent execution.
OUTPUT:
For example,
number1 = 10 ???

number2 = 15

sum = number1 + number2

print('The sum is:', sum)


print('The product is:', product)
HERE, THE CODE THROWS AN ERROR BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DEFINED A
PRODUCT VARIABLE.

We can comment out the code that's causing the error.


For example,
number1 = 10
number2 = 15

sum = number1 + number2

print('The sum is:', sum)


# print('The product is:', product)
SO, WHY USE COMMENTS IF COMPUTERS IGNORE THEM?

We should use comments for the following reasons:

• Comments make our code readable for future reference.


• Comments are used for debugging purposes.
• We can use comments for code collaboration as it helps
peer developers to understand our code.

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