/* Comments */

/* Comments */

Allows you to add explanatory text to a procedure between the /* and */ characters.

Syntax
/* comment */ 
comment

Descriptive text.

Note: Comments can be nested.

Examples

The r-comm.p example uses comments to document the history of procedure modifications.
r-comm.p
/* Procedure written  9/5/87 by CHC 
             revised  9/27/87 by DG */ 
FOR EACH Customer NO-LOCK: 
  DISPLAY Customer.CustNum Customer.Name Customer.Contact Customer.Phone. 
END. 
The r-comm2.p example uses comments to describe what the procedure does.
r-comm2.p
/* Ctep through unshipped orders */ 
FOR EACH Order NO-LOCK WHERE Order.ShipDate = ?: 
  /* Display order date, promise date, terms */ 
  DISPLAY Order.OrderDate Order.PromiseDate Order.Terms. 
  /* 
    FOR EACH OrderLine OF Order NO-LOCK: 
      /* Display all OrderLines of each Order */ 
      DISPLAY OrderLine. 
    END. 
  */ 
END. 
The comment symbols that enclose the inner FOR EACH block turn that block into a comment for testing purposes. Since you can nest comments, ABL correctly processes any comments already in the bypassed code.

/* `comment` */

r-comm.p
/* Procedure written 9/5/87 by CHC revised 9/27/87 by DG */ FOR EACH Customer NO-LOCK: DISPLAY Customer.CustNum Customer.Name Customer.Contact Customer.Phone. END.

r-comm2.p
/* Ctep through unshipped orders / FOR EACH Order NO-LOCK WHERE Order.ShipDate = ?: / Display order date, promise date, terms / DISPLAY Order.OrderDate Order.PromiseDate Order.Terms. / FOR EACH OrderLine OF Order NO-LOCK: /* Display all OrderLines of each Order / DISPLAY OrderLine. END. / END.

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