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# Comments

To add a single-line comment in SAQL, preface your comment with two hyphens (`--`). To add a multi-line comment, start your comment with a forward slash and asterisk (`/*`) and end it with an asterisk and forward slash (`*/`).

## Single-Line Comments

Here’s an example of a single-line comment on its own line.

```nolang
--Load a data stream.
a = load "myData";
```

You can put a comment at the end of a line of SAQL code.

```nolang
a = load "myData"; --Load a data stream.
```

To comment a line of SAQL code, add two hyphens at the beginning of the line.

```nolang
--The following line is commented out:
--a = load "myData";
```

## Multi-Line Comments

Here’s an example of a multi-line comment.

```nolang
q = load "campaign_data";
q = group q by Owner;
q = foreach q generate count() as 'count';
/*
q = limit q 5;
*/
```