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| There are three ways to write comments in Processing: the "standard" comment, the multi line comment, and the doc comment. | There are three ways to write comments in Processing: the "standard" comment, the multi line comment, and the doc comment. | ||
| - | === the "standard" comment === | + | === "standard" comments === |
| The most common syntax for creating comments in Processing is to use a double forward slash: ''%%//%%''. Anything that comes after a double slash up to the end of the line is a comment and will be ignored by the Processing compiler. Here a version of the ''cranberries2.pde'' program with some added some comments to identify the author and other information and explain some of the code: | The most common syntax for creating comments in Processing is to use a double forward slash: ''%%//%%''. Anything that comes after a double slash up to the end of the line is a comment and will be ignored by the Processing compiler. Here a version of the ''cranberries2.pde'' program with some added some comments to identify the author and other information and explain some of the code: | ||
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| === doc comment === | === doc comment === | ||
| - | The doc comment is a special case of the multiline comment. It's short for "documentation comment." Its rules and behavior are identical to the multiline comment with one important difference: There is a tool available to Java programs (the platform on which Processing is based) called ''javadoc'' that when applied to a source file will find all the doc comments and produce nicely formatted and pretty documentation. | + | The doc comment is a special case of the multiline comment. It's short for "documentation comment." Its rules and behavior are identical to the multiline comment with one important difference: There is a tool available to Java programs (the platform on which Processing is based) called ''javadoc'' that when applied to a source file will find all the doc comments and produce nicely formatted and pretty documentation from them. |
| To turn a mutiline comment into a doc comment, just add an additional ''*'' in the opening tag: | To turn a mutiline comment into a doc comment, just add an additional ''*'' in the opening tag: | ||
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| - | In Processing, there is a console built into the IDE that you can use however you want. It is the dark box toward the bottom of the window (Figure TODO). Thus, when you run a Processing program from the Processing IDE, you will be able to see and use the console without having to do any extra work. | + | There is a console built into the Processing IDE that you can use should you want to use a console. It is the dark box toward the bottom of the window. If it ever becomes hidden, you can activate it by clicking on the "Console" tab. This means when you run a Processing program from the Processing IDE, you will be able to see and use the console without having to do any extra work. |
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