# How to define a multi line comment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 14, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538 "2007-02-14T12:31:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kushan_J)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538/1 "2007-02-14T12:31:13Z")

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Hi All

Is there who knows to define multi line comment? ( in Java we can define  
by  
/\* and \*/ )

Best Regards

Kushan J.

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**Author:** ![Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kushan_J)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538/2 "2007-02-14T12:58:16Z")

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you mean in Ruby? like this

=begin  
blablabla  
bablablabl  
abklabla  
=end

On 14 Feb., 11:57, “Kushan J.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kushan_J)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538/3 "2007-02-15T04:37:17Z")

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Hello Thorsten L

Yes,I want to know how to define a multiline comment in rails,  
In Java we can define it like this  
/\*  
Comment line 1  
Comment line 2  
Comment line 3  
_/  
Anything between /_ and \*/ will be commented

So is there anyway that I can do this in rails

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**Author:** ![Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kushan_J)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538/4 "2007-02-15T04:50:18Z")

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Hi Kushan

Thorsten did answer your question. I’ve changed it to look similar to  
your request.

=begin  
Comment line 1  
Comment line 2  
Comment line 3  
=end

Hmm, I wonder if Thorsten’s reply looked too much like English and got  
ignored? 🙂

Cheers  
Mohit.

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**Author:** ![Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@Kushan\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kushan_J)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-define-a-multi-line-comment/85538/5 "2007-02-26T10:13:15Z")

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> =begin  
> blablabla  
> bablablabl  
> abklabla  
> =end

just keep in mind that kind of comments are reserved for ruby doc, so  
best practices would tell not to use them unless for that purpose…  
which leaves us without a general purpose multi line comment in ruby  
(AFAIK)

regards,

javier ramirez

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