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HTML Comments

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HTML comments help programmers to document the source code.

Comments helps programmers.


Comments are the notes for the code of its purpose.

Comments are not displayed when the page is rendered.

It is useful to understand the code function or objective after a long time.

In production comments are deleted.

<!-- Write your comments here -->

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Adding a comment

The comment can be added anywhere (inline comments or individual lines) in the html document.

Example

<h2>HTML Comment Example.</h2>
<!-- This is a comment -->
<p>Welcome to w3context.</p>
<!-- Comments are not displayed on the html page when rendering. -->
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Inline comment

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>HTML Inline Comment Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>HTML Inline Comment Example.</h2>
    <p>Welcome <!-- inline comment goes here --> to w3context.</p>
    <!-- Comments are not displayed on the html page when rendering. -->
</body>
</html>
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Hide Code

The comment can hide any html code in the document.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>HTML Commenting Code Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>HTML Commenting Code Example.</h2>
    <!-- The line below is commented -->
      <!--<p>Welcome  to w3context.</p> -->
    <p>Note: Comments are not displayed on the html page when rendering.</p>
</body>
</html>
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