Comments are programmer-readable annotations that are ignored at runtime. Their purpose is to make source code easier to understand.
Single line comments
The #
character is used to add single line comments.
#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
# This is a single line comment.
puts "Hello World!"
When executed, the above program will output Hello World!
Multiline comments
Multiple-line comments can be added by using =begin
and =end
syntax (also known as the comment block markers) as follows:
#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
=begin
This is a multiline comment.
Write as many line as you want.
=end
puts "Hello World!"
When executed, the above program will output Hello World!