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172 ActionScript language elements

// line comment delimiter operator

// comment

Indicates the beginning of a script comment. Any characters that appear between the

comment delimiter (

//) and the end-of-line character are interpreted as a comment and

ignored by the ActionScript interpreter.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 1.0

Operands

comment - Any characters.

Example

The following script uses comment delimiters to identify the first, third, fifth, and seventh

lines as comments:

// record the X position of the ball movie clip

var ballX:Number = ball_mc._x;

// record the Y position of the ball movie clip

var ballY:Number = ball_mc._y;

// record the X position of the bat movie clip

var batX:Number = bat_mc._x;

// record the Y position of the ball movie clip

var batY:Number = bat_mc._y;