Only first of multiple // comments displays in logfile

[gdyvig]

It is very common to use double slashes to to make a comment/remark in a script. Individual isolated // comments display in the logfile, only the first of multiple // comments display in the logfile. Comments are frequently used to log variable values for debugging. This problem does not occur for other comment characters.

Sample code:

//This comment displays in the log
wait>1
//This comment displays in the log also
//This comment does not display in log
//nor this comment
'This comment displays in the log
'This comment displays in the log also
'and this one as well.

This problem occurs in both v10 and v11.

Gale

[Marcus Tettmar]

Comments are skipped by the script interpreter. Hence they won't get logged. The first will, because it sees the first then skips past the rest.

[gdyvig]

Could this behavior be added to the documentation, perhaps under the Remark command. The documentation should indicate that logging is different for (//) than it is for ('), or at least mention that logging is different for different Remark styles.

[jpuziano]

I was wondering this as well.

Marcus your reply explains how multiple lines starting with // are treated... and why only the first line makes it into the log file.

But you didn't mention why multiple lines starting with ' are treated differently... i.e. they all make it into the log file (according to the post by gdyvig).

If this is true then I second the request to get this documented in the Help File.

Thanks and take care