Multi line comments

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1

is there another way to make notes across multiple lines other then

--[[ 
hi
]]

as I cant use it because my code is using ] already thanks

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2

Just do this

--Multi
--Line
--Comment
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3

the code im trying to comment is over 100 lines so thats not really an option

4

Well, this is official roblox developer site that shows type of comments, maybe it will help

5

You could select the code you want to comment and click ‘Toggle Comment’ in the SCRIPT tab

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6

Try doing this:

--[[
Whatever blah blah blah
--]]

workspace["Haha you can use brackets now!!"]

you need to end the comment in brackets too.

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7

I’m sure the problem they are facing is like this

local my_indecies = ["first", "second", "third"]
local my_dictionary = {
    first = 111,
    second = 1234,
    third = 0,
}

--[[ i am going to comment everything hahaha!!
local function get_dictionary(index: number)
    return my_dictionary[my_indecies[index]]
end
]] -- argh!?!?!?
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--[[ i am going to comment everything hahaha!!
local function get_dictionary(index: number)
    return my_dictionary[my_indecies[index]]
end
--]]

and hyphens, I should have clarified.
edit: You DON’T need hyphens for the end, I just got confused. :sweat_smile:

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9

Right, even with the initial hyphens there is a random ‘end’ that isn’t commented out. Along with anything after my_dictionary[my_indecies[index]], which is a valid statement on it’s own but triggers ending a multiline-commet.

10

You can just insert a space between the two ]] in your code as it detects only if they are next to each other, like here:

local my_indecies = ["first", "second", "third"]
local my_dictionary = {
    first = 111,
    second = 1234,
    third = 0,
}

--[[ i am going to comment everything hahaha!!
local function get_dictionary(index: number)
    return my_dictionary[my_indecies[index] ]
end
]]
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11

Or you could pull the inner index out to a new variable. It’s a stylistic change if you like no_gap[indecies] then randomly have to add gaps_between[ indecies ] so you can keep a feature of the language. It’s one point of bad syntax design in lua, it must’ve come up enough for roblox to add a toggle comment button. With Luau I’m surprised they don’t replace it.

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