Comments

Comments let you add notes or explanations to your ZeroTrace scripts. They make scripts easier to read and are ignored during execution.

How to Write Comments

1. Use `#` or `//`

You can place # or // at the start of a line or after a command.
Everything after # or // is ignored by the interpreter.

# Full-line comment

writeLn "Hello" // Inline comment

delay "1000" # Another inline comment

// Another full-line comment

2. Freestyle Notes

Any line that does not match a command is treated as a comment and ignored.
You can write plain notes as long as they do not start with a valid command.

This is a freestyle note and will be ignored.
Anything that does not look like a command is safe to use as a comment.

Warning: If a freestyle note starts with a valid command (for example writeLn or delay), it will execute.

Block behavior: Inside write-style blocks (for example writeStart...writeEnd and writeLnStart...writeLnEnd), lines are treated as raw text. Prefixes like # and // are typed as output and are not stripped as comments.

Good Examples

# This script prints a message
writeLn "Hello, World!" // Inline comment

// Wait before next command
delay "1000"

This is a freestyle note about what happens next

_$VAR isAdmin = "true" // Variable assignment with comment

Bad Example

writeLn "Test" This looks like a command and may cause errors

The text after writeLn "Test" is not marked as a comment. Always use # or // for inline comments after commands.

Tip: For readability, consistently use # or // for comments.