Programming question

[BrianOlsen]

I'm wanting to use comments to explain a particular line of code and my editor is not reflecting it correctly.  Here's my comments

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/+ a=b;
/+ c=d; +/
    e=a+c; +/

any help would be appreciated.

[Reverend Greed]

I'm wanting to use comments to explain a particular line of code and my editor is not reflecting it correctly.  Here's my comments

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/+ a=b;
/+ c=d; +/
    e=a+c; +/

any help would be appreciated.

Why is that a big deal?  Besides, you're nesting your comments.

[BrianOlsen]

Because they are needed when I want to comment out a block of code which already contains comments.

[Reverend Greed]

Then why not simply do this?

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/+ a=b;
    c=d;
    e=a+c; +/
Or this:

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/+ a=b; +/
/+ c=d; +/
/+ e=a+c; +/
It'll sure save the hassle of what your editor is doing.

[BrianOlsen]

I understand that, but dealing with embedded devices - like I do all day - C is still the programming language of choice. And C knows only this /* */ comment style. // has been introduced with C++. Nevertheless most compilers nowadays support // inside a C file. And as far as I remember it's part of the newer C99 standard. But usually the old C90 standard is used.

But as you know by my /+ that I'm using D.  And D contains all three comment-outs.

[Reverend Greed]

Okay,

Lets use your example with C/C++ comment styles.  According to your beginning post you basically wanted to do this:  /* /* */ */.  To me, this is pointless.  The /* */ comment is designed for debugging.  Normal comments should be made with the //.

If you comment out a block with the /* */ and want to comment out a bigger block, don't add more of them, just move the ones you have.  If the language doesn't have 2 kinds of comments, they typically only have the single line comment like REM.  If you write formatted easy to follow code, you really shouldn't have any block /* */ comments in your finished code anyway, so you'd only need that if you write ugly programs in a straight line and actually want to comment them.  Chances are if you purposely write ugly code, you don't want any comments.  If you write a nested block comment, the program should reach out and smack you.

[BrianOlsen]

I see what you're saying.  Agree to disagree maybe?  I'm going to test it while debugging.  Also, I don't have a C compiler handy so I'll try tomorrow.

[BrianOlsen]

Sorry for not getting back to you.  I ended up using the nested comments and just dealt with the fact that my editor did not highlight appropriately.

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To change the subject what languages due you use to develop web apps?

[Reverend Greed]

I use XUL, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

[mr_doc]

I'm wanting to use comments to explain a particular line of code and my editor is not reflecting it correctly.  Here's my comments

Code: [Select]

/+ a=b;
/+ c=d; +/
    e=a+c; +/

any help would be appreciated.

That would comment out
a=b;
/+ c=d;
and leave you with
e=a+c; +/ uncommented

Rev. Greed is right. Delete the nested start and end comment tags and you will accomplish what you wanted.

[BrianOlsen]

I'm wanting to use comments to explain a particular line of code and my editor is not reflecting it correctly.  Here's my comments

Code: [Select]

/+ a=b;
/+ c=d; +/
    e=a+c; +/

any help would be appreciated.

That would comment out
a=b;
/+ c=d;
and leave you with
e=a+c; +/ uncommented

Rev. Greed is right. Delete the nested start and end comment tags and you will accomplish what you wanted.

Yeah, he was right. I fixed it.

[BrianOlsen]

Rev, you helped me out with SSI before...

I have a dynamic javascript controlled iframe that handles resizing of the iframe. I need to work that into the SSI.php file so that it calls the javascript function & loads whatever link fro SSI into the iframe.

The syntax that I would normally use to open a static link would be: href="javascript:loadintoIframe('mainframe', 'yabbse/index.php')"

I tried href="javascript:loadintoIframe('mainframe', ', $post['href'], ')" with various quote & comma options with no luck..

[Reverend Greed]

Try this:

Change:

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href="javascript:loadintoIframe('mainframe', ', $post['href'], ')"
To this:

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<a href="javascript:loadintoIframe(\'mainframe\', \'', $post['href'], '\')">

[BrianOlsen]

Damn, man.  That was it.  Did you go to school to learn this or what?  How about I just send you all my stuff for you to finish.

[Reverend Greed]

Actually, I obtained a Bachelor's in Business Administration with a Marketing option.  I minored in Computer Science though. 

I self taught myself the vast majority of computer related activities.  The game, Oregon Trail, back in the early 80's was what got me fascinated with computers.  I was able to obtain the source code of that game and studied it like no other.

All in all, I wasn't about to spend thousands of dollars to major in Computer Science when I already knew the entire curriculum.