What are comments in python ? List down the various types of comments.

Question

What are the comments in python? List down the various types of comments.

Topic	Python Programming
Type	Short Answer Type
Class	10

Answer 1

Comments are the piece of code that is generally ignored by the Interpreter, it helps the programmer to keep track of the code, organize it properly, and Maintain the code collectively in a team.

It’s helpful and considered good practice to comment on your code because

There are 2 types of comments in Python:

• Single Line Comments 
• Multiline Comments.

Single Line Comments in Python: 

Single-Line Comments

In python single comments are denoted by “#”, like the example given below. The interpreter ignores all the text after #

#this line is a comment

print('Hello') # anything after hash is a comment like this

Multiline Comments in Python:

 

Here, the multiline string isn’t assigned to any variable, so it is ignored by the interpreter. Even though it is not technically a multiline comment, it can be used as one. 

'''
I am a
multiline comment!
'''
print("Hello World!")

"""
I am a also
multiline comment!
"""