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How to add multi-line comment section? - Winfried - Mar-24-2024

Edit (since this forum doesn't support deleting a thread): My mistake. After using the (shift+)TAB keys, the script runs. Guess there were useless TAB characters.

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Hello,

Is there a way to add a multi-line comment block that keeps Python happy?

import glob

for item in glob.glob("*.txt"):
	print(f"**************** Handling {item}")

	name = True
	if name:
		print("True1")
	else:
		print("False1")

  #=========== blah
  """ IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
  some
  comment
  """
	if name:
		print("True2")
	else:
		print("False2")
Note: Unlike displayed above, in the source code, the block is at the same level as the two "if name" lines.

Thank you.


RE: How to add multi-line comment section? - deanhystad - Mar-24-2024

Output:
""" This is a multi-line string that you can use as a comment. """ def some_func(): """I am often used to document a function, even if I am only one line."""



RE: How to add multi-line comment section? - sparklesclink - Jun-04-2024

The problems are really quite difficult. Thanks for sharing the information.



RE: How to add multi-line comment section? - Gribouillis - Jun-04-2024

Many code editors have keyboard shortcuts to comment out a selected section of the code. For example in the Kate editor, Ctrl+D comments the selected portion of the code and Ctrl+Shift+D uncomments it.