Comments used in Python

•Start comments with # – the rest of line is ignored.

•Can include a “documentation string” as the first line of any new function or class that you define.

•The development environment, debugger, and other tools use it: it’s good style to include one.

def my_function(x, y):
  “““This is the docstring. This 
function does blah blah blah.”””
# The code would go here…