Code that is annotated in a Ruby line is ignored at run time. Single-line comment # characters begin, they are from # to end of line:
#!/usr/bin/ruby-w
# is a single line comment.
Puts "Hello, ruby!"
When the above program executes, the following results are produced:
Multiple-line comments for Ruby
You can comment out multiple lines using the =begin and =end syntax as follows:
#!/usr/bin/ruby-w
puts "Hello, ruby!"
=begin This is
a multiline comment and con Spwan as many lines as
. But =begin and =end should come in the the-only.
=end
When the above program executes, the following results are produced:
Make sure that the comment that follows is a code that retains enough distance to make it easy to differentiate. If there is more than one end note in a block, they are aligned. For example:
@counter # keeps track times page has been hit
@siteCounter # keeps track the Times all pages have been hit