I should add that I don't recommend this -- two
additional keystrokes per line is most likely to be
worth the clarity.

Patrick Burns wrote:

>A trick to get a multi-line comment is to use
>
>    if(FALSE) {
>        ...
>    }
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>kjetil brinchmann halvorsen wrote:
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>>On 12 Sep 2003 at 15:53, len vir wrote:
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>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>Why is there no 'multiple-line comment code' in R, 
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>¿Because the developers use ess and so see no need?
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>>Kjetil Halvorsen
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>>>like 
>>>/* 
>>>in C++
>>>or in
>>>GAUSS
>>>*/   
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>>>for example ?
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>>>Just wondering!
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>>>len
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