Comments are not executed in R, start with the character # and end with the end of the line.
Input:
source_code/appendix_b_r/example01_comments.r print("This text is printed because the print statement is executed") #This is just a comment and will not be executed. #print("Even commented statements are not executed.") print("But the comment finished with the end of the line.") print("So the 4th and 5th line of the code are executed again.")
Output:
$ Rscript example01_comments.r [1] "This text will be printed because the print statemnt is executed" [1] "But the comment finished with the end of the line." [1] "So the 4th and 5th line of the code are executed again."