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Description:: Defines a comment. See SQF Syntax - Comments to learn more about comments.
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This command is evaluated during execution, and as such is infinitely slower than other SQF comment methods (//comment or /*comment*/; which do not exist at runtime). See SQF Syntax for additional documentation on comments.
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: Posted on September 12, 2009 - 19:50
Tom_48_97: Like Armed Assault, you can not use brackets to make a multi-lines comment. But, in a sqf file, you can make a comment as follow : comment " first line seconde line";
: Posted on November 4, 2016 - 16:17 (UTC)
Tofof: If a file is loaded with preprocessFile, execVM or spawn (but not loadFile), you may also define C-like comments using // ... and /*...*/.

: Posted on November 4, 2016 - 20:46 (UTC)
R3vo: comment can also be used to create comments inside trigger activation fields where // or /*...*/ don't work.

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 {{Feature|Warning|This command is evaluated during execution, and as such is infinitely slower than other SQF comment methods (//comment or /*comment*/; which do not exist at runtime). See [[SQF Syntax|SQF Syntax]] for additional documentation on comments.}}
-|s1= '''comment''' text
+|s1= [[comment]]  text
 |p1= text: [[String]] - The comment
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 <dd class="notedate">Posted on September 12, 2009 - 19:50</dd>
-<dt class="note">[[User:Tom_48_97|Tom_48_97]]<dd class="note">Like {{arma1}}, you can not use brackets to make a multi-lines comment. But, in a sqf file, you can make a comment as follow :
+<dt class="note">[[User:Tom_48_97|Tom_48_97]]</dt>
+<dd class="note">Like {{arma1}}, you can not use brackets to make a multi-lines comment. But, in a sqf file, you can make a comment as follow :
 <code>[[comment]] "
   first line
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 '''comment''' can also be used to create comments inside trigger activation fields where <tt>//</tt> or <tt>/*...*/</tt> don't work.
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