# a single line of comments is preserved 1+1 if(TRUE){ x=1 # inline comments }else{ x=2;print('Oh no... ask the right bracket to go away!')} 1*3 # one space before this comment will become two! 2+2+2 # 'short comments' # only 'single quotes' are allowed in comments df=data.frame(y=rnorm(100),x1=rnorm(100),x2=rnorm(100)) lm(y~x1+x2, data=df) 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 ## comments after a long line ## here is a long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long comment