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.
