Introduction to Comments and Docstrings in Python

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In this lesson, we take an introductory look at Comments and Docstrings in Python. This lesson is part of a series of content designed to help you learn to program with the Python programming language. 

Learning Objectives

  • To create a single line comment we can use the number-sign followed by the comment. 
  • To create a multi-line comment we can use a multi-line string.
  • Docstrings are just multi-line comments used to document certain pieces of code.

Intended Audience

This lesson was designed for first-time developers wanting to learn Python. 

Prerequisites

This is an introductory lesson and doesn’t require any prior programming knowledge.

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Ben Lambert is a software engineer and was previously the lead author for DevOps and Microsoft Azure training content at Cloud Academy. His courses and learning paths covered Cloud Ecosystem technologies such as DC/OS, configuration management tools, and containers. As a software engineer, Ben’s experience includes building highly available web and mobile apps. When he’s not building software, he’s hiking, camping, or creating video games.

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