yet another flavor is triple /// which means, the rest of the line
ignored, and the command is continued on the next line. Helpful with
long lines in do-files, but only works as double // is ignored in
command windows.
On 5/1/08, Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a question regarding the use of comments in Stata programs.
>
> The two possibilities to comment out a line of code are to put a "*"
> or "//" in the beginning of a line.
>
> The manual (e.g. online here: http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?comments) says:
>
> " * indicates that the line is to be ignored."
> and
> "// indicates that the rest of the line is to be ignored."
>
> Both definitions are using the concept of a "line". I would like to
> double-check, what is really meant by "line" in this context?
>
> Thank you, Sergiy Radyakin
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