Shortcut key for commenting out lines of Python code in Spyder

Question

I recently changed from the Enthought Canopy Python distribution to Anaconda, which includes the Spyder IDE.

In Canopy\'s code editor, it was possible to comment and unc

Answer 1

Yes, there is a shortcut for commenting out lines in Python 3.6 (Spyder).

For Single Line Comment, you can use Ctrl+1. It will look like this #This is a sample piece of code

For multi-line comments, you can use Ctrl+4. It will look like this

#============= \#your piece of code \#some more code \#=============

Note : \ represents that the code is carried to another line.

Answer 2

On macOS:

Cmd + 1

On Windows, probably

Ctrl + (/) near right shift key

Answer 3

on Windows F9 to run single line

Select the lines which you want to run on console and press F9 button for multi line

Answer 4

• Unblock multi-line comment

  Ctrl+5

• Multi-line comment

  Ctrl+4

NOTE: For my version of Spyder (3.1.4) if I highlighted the entire multi-line comment and used Ctrl+5 the block remained commented out. Only after highlighting a small portion of the multi-line comment did Ctrl+5 work.

Answer 5

• Single line comment

  Ctrl + 1

• Multi-line comment select the lines to be commented

  Ctrl + 4

• Unblock Multi-line comment

  Ctrl + 5

Answer 6

While the other answers got it right when it comes to add comments, in my case only the following worked.

• Multi-line comment

  select the lines to be commented + Ctrl + 4

• Multi-line uncomment

  select the lines to be uncommented + Ctrl + 1