{{fbdoc item="title" value="REM"}}----
Indicates comments in the source code.

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	**Rem** comment

	' Comment

	/' Multi-line
	   comment '/
##
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	A source code line beginning with ##**Rem**## indicates that the line is a comment and will not be compiled.  
	
	The single quote character (') may also be used to indicate a comment and may appear after other keywords on a source line.

	Multi-line comments are marked with the tokens ##**/'**## and ##**'/**##.  All text between the two markers is considered comment text and is not compiled.

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	{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/misc/rem.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
/' this is a multi line 
comment as a header of
this example '/

Rem This Is a Single Line comment

' this is a single line comment

? "Hello" : Rem comment following a statement

Dim a As Integer ' comment following a statement

? "FreeBASIC" : ' also acceptable 

Dim b As /' can comment in here also '/    Integer

#if 0
	This way of commenting Out code was
	required before version 0.16
#endif

%%

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- Multiline comments are new to ""FreeBASIC""

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgPpif #if]]##

{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgMisc|Miscellaneous"}}