As noted above, comments should appear at the beginning of every C++ file you write for every C++ program.
There are two styles of comments. The compiler will ignore everything in a comment.
1. Two forward slashes begin a comment that extends to the end of the current line: int count = 0; // This comment extends to end of this line 2. A multiline comment begins with /* and terminates with the first occurence of */ /** * * File: prog1.cpp * * Description: Computes something... * * Created: 03 Jan 08 * Author: */