# Comment ## Definition(s) ### Context [[Nexus - Google Analytics Certificate Course]] #### Sub-context [[Google Analytics - 7 Data Analysis with R Programming - Module 2 - Programming using RStudio]] >[! Definition] > Text that is not processed by the R (or python) interpreter. The operator is a `#` to indicate that anything following that is a note to a human reader. ## Examples ### Commenting out a line of code In debugging, you can "turn off" a line of code by placing the comment operator in front of the instructions. The interpreter will then skip the line as instructed. The example below makes use of a general comment, and of a commented-out line of code. ```r # the below code adds two integers and assigns to variable named adder adder <- 2+2 # adder <- 3+3 adder ``` the variable adder is only stored as the sum 2+2 ```output [1] 4 ``` ## Related ## Resources ## Flashcards The below code are generated for use with [Spaced Repetition plugin](https://github.com/st3v3nmw/obsidian-spaced-repetition/) [docs](https://www.stephenmwangi.com/obsidian-spaced-repetition/)