Comment in HTML - HTML Tutorial
- The comment tag is used to insert the comments in source code. The browsers are not displaying the comments.
- To explain the code we can use comments tag.
- If we have a lot of coding lines the comment tag is used.
Syntax for comments in HTML
<!--comments-->Sample coding for comment tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html >
<body>
<!--This is the comment tag-->
<h1>This is a heading tags to display a header</h1>
<!--Comments are not displayed in the browser-->
</body>
</html>Code Explanation for comment tag:
- The comment is highlighted and it is hidden. The comment tag is not displayed in the Browser.
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Tips and notes:
- If you hide the scripts from browsers without support for scripts using the comment tag.
- The comment tag is used for large code program.
- Now the JavaScript is also executing the -->tag. In previous, using two forward slashes (//) at the end of the comment line.