You can insert comments about your C/AL code or comment out parts of your code to prevent execution. The following are the two ways to insert comments in C/AL:

You can nest any number of comments. In such cases, the comment runs from the first comment start to the last comment end.

Example 1

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{
This is a sample comment which is ignored by the C/AL compiler
}

Example 2

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// This is also a sample comment which is ignored by the C/AL compiler

Example 3

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{ This comment { is partly inside } another comment }

Example 4

This example shows what you should not do.

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A := 34;
B := 56; {******************
C := 345; * Don’t do this! *
D := 781; ******************}

Because the comment is to the right of the C/AL statements, the system assumes that the third and fourth lines are part of the comment. That is, only A and B are assigned values, while C and D are not. Instead you should use single line comments.

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A := 34;
B := 56;  //*******************
C := 345; //* Do it this way! *
D := 781; //*******************