Comment Block article

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#1

Here is our article on the new Comment block, which allows you to add notes to your code.

Feel free to post questions and tips below.

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#2

I’ll go read it now!

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#4

There have been a few first/second/third/fourth-type posts on both the recent topics I have posted. I have decided to portal those to keep the topic organised, and to make it easier to find questions and information that people have to share with each other.

I can see that it might seem like a bit of fun :slightly_smiling_face: but unfortunately leaving them there seemed to encourage more, which makes it harder for others to eventually scroll down and find questions/discussion on the actual topic. So I am going to explicitly discourage them, sorry.

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#5

Ok. I have tried but I still don’t know how to do it. @t1_hopscotch are you able to show me a demonstration of the comment block (whatever block u are talking about? Thanks. @MuteChristmasTree97

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#6

You literally just type in the ( )
That’s all

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#7

I did but it does not work.

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#8

What do you think is meant to work.
It doesn’t make the character talk.
It just describes what the code does

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#9

What do you mean @Jay

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#10

i think what he mean is enough clear

the comment block does nothing
it let’s you comment your code

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#11

Yeah it’s kind of a weird addition

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#12

Mostly for organizing and coding tutorials.

An example in other languages

function()
do something # This would be a comment
end
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#13

the comment block lets you comment your code so you and others can understand it

it is particularly useful when writing complex code—you could add a comment saying “calculates player x position” if your x position calculation looks ugly

another use is for when you don’t open a project for 3 months
without the comments you probably wouldn’t understand much of your previous code
but with comments, you can understand your code in a few minutes instead of a few hours

comments are ignored when the project is run, they are just there for viewing while you code

does that make it more clear?

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#14

I still don’t know.

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#15

I’m sorry,

I’ve explained it to the fullest of my abilities.

I won’t be able to explain it further now.

Thanks
Jai

#16

Sheeeeesh. Ugh ok. Tt ttttttttt

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#17

Also:

Remember to think of how you talk, your tone could sound mean to some people. You could use Tone Indicators.

#18

all comments you add are useless if you’re trying to add something to your game
they just let you describe your code

is that a better definition? if not, which part is unclear?