single line comment in HTML

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+5 Q:

single line comment in HTML

Is there a way to comment out a single line in HTML using just an escape sequence at the start of the line? Similar to using # or // in other languages? Or is  the only option for commenting in html?

+1 A:

No, you have to close the comment with -->.

Kyle Alons 2010-04-14 19:38:05

+3 A:

No,  is the only comment syntax in HTML.

Matti Virkkunen 2010-04-14 19:38:06

+12 A:

digitaldreamer 2010-04-14 19:44:33

Interesting, I never knew `<!>` was a valid comment. I'd avoid things like that just for compatibility's sake though

Matti Virkkunen 2010-04-14 19:52:19

Thanks for the awesome and exhaustive answer. I didn't think there was a way to do it, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask, and now I know a lot more about comments, and also to avoid `` which I had thought was alright since there was a space between the start and end '--'s.

aslum 2010-04-14 20:02:40