How to do block comment in fortran?

Question

I have seen /* block comment */ for block commenting in C++. I know I can do line commenting by using ! or c, but is there any option

Answer 1

You can do a little hack though:

go to 100
 ! CHUNK OF CODE YOU WANT TO COMMENT OUT
100 continue

Yeah, I know it's horrible but it works. :)

Answer 2

In Sublime text editor it can be used Toggle Comment (Ctrl+7) or Toggle Block Comment.

Answer 3

If your FORTRAN compiler supports preprocessor macros then a popular method is to use (What exactly does an #if 0 ..... #endif block do?)

#if 0
...
Your comments ...
go here ...
...
#endif

Answer 4

It is much simpler to use a text editor which allows for multiline commenting using "SHIFT + /"!

Answer 5

A line with a c, C, *, d, D, or ! in column one is a comment line; except that if the -xld option is set, then the lines starting with D or d are compiled as debug lines. The d, D, and ! are nonstandard.

If you put an exclamation mark (!) in any column of the statement field, except within character literals, then everything after the ! on that line is a comment.

Answer 6

No, the strange concept of block comments is alien to Fortran. Your editor or development environment might provide a way to comment a block of lines in one go.