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-- (comment)

Syntax

    -- comment

Description

Comment delimiter; indicates the beginning of a script comment. On any line, anything that appears between the comment delimiter (double hyphen) and the end-of-line return character is interpreted as a comment rather than a Lingo statement.

The Director player for Java accepts Lingo that uses this delimiter, but comments do not appear in the final Java code.

Example

This handler uses a double hyphen to make the second, fourth, and sixth lines comments:

    on resetColors
    	-- This handler resets the sprite's colors.
    	sprite(1).forecolor = 35
    	-- bright red
    	sprite(1).backcolor = 36
    	-- light blue
    end