C# Comments

Comments are part of the program that are not executed, but increase the readability of the program.

You can write comments in C# in two ways based on the number of lines. They are:

  • Single Line Comments
  • Multi-line Comments

Single Line Comments

Two forward slashes // are used to define a single line comment. Anything that comes after double slash // is considered a comment. A single line comment alone can exist in a single line or it can come after a statement.

Program.cs

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using System;

namespace CSharpExamples {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            //this is a single line comment
            Console.WriteLine("Hello TutorialKart"); //this is also a comment
        }
    }
}

Output

Hello TutorialKart

If a program statement is commented, it will not be executed.

Program.cs

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using System;

namespace CSharpExamples {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            //Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
            Console.WriteLine("Hello TutorialKart");
        }
    }
}

Output

Hello TutorialKart

The first Console.WriteLine statement is commented, hence not executed.

Multi-line Comments

Multi-line Comments can span across one or more lines. /* your multiline comment */ is the syntax of a multi-line comment.

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using System;

namespace CSharpExamples {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            /*  This is
                a multi-line
                comment */
            Console.WriteLine("Hello TutorialKart");
        }
    }
}

Output

Hello TutorialKart

You can comment a set of statements using multi-line comment.

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using System;

namespace CSharpExamples {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello TutorialKart");
            /* Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
            Console.WriteLine("Hello User"); */
        }
    }
}

Output

Hello TutorialKart

Conclusion

In this C# Tutorial, we learned how to write single line and multi line comments in C# and how to use them in different scenarios.