ANSI Comment Elements
|
Element |
Function |
Rules |
|
-- (double dash) |
Begins an ANSI comment |
It must be the first nonblank character on the line. |
|
Text string |
Contains the comment text |
Can be as many characters as fills the line, less one for the terminator character. |
|
<cr> (carriage return) <lf> (line feed) |
Terminates an ANSI comment |
The rest of the line, after the ending character, must be blank. |
ANSI Comment Example
ANSI comments begin with a double-dash symbol (--), contain text, and end within a single line with either a carriage return <cr> or a line feed <lf>, as in the following example:
-- ANSI comment example text<cr>