What is the meaning of statement ?

Question

“All characters that appear within a comment are ignored by the Java compiler.
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Answer 1

comments are denoted by
/*comment*/
line1:System.out.print("hi"); outputs hi
line2:/*System.out.print("hi");*/
no output since everything is in a comment

Answer 2

thanks @NG brains...😊

Answer 3

it is a type of characters which are compiled with compiler and generates the following results