lua comments

In Lua, comments are used to add explanatory notes or disable certain code segments. There are two types of comments in Lua: single-line comments and multi-line comments.

Single-line comments start with two hyphens (--). Anything after the two hyphens on the same line is considered a comment and is ignored by the Lua interpreter. Here's an example:

-- This is a single-line comment
print("Hello World") -- This is another single-line comment

Multi-line comments start with two hyphens followed by an opening square bracket (--[[) and end with a closing square bracket followed by two hyphens (]]--). Anything between these delimiters is considered a comment and is ignored. Here's an example:

--[[
This is a multi-line comment.
It can span multiple lines.
]]
print("Hello World")

Both single-line and multi-line comments can be used to explain code, provide documentation, or temporarily disable code segments for debugging purposes.