The '''apostrophe''' is used to tell Qbasic to ignore a statement or programmer comment.


''Usage:'' COLOR 11: PRINT &quot;Print this....&quot; ' PRINT &quot;Don't print this program comment!&quot;

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{{text|Print this....|aqua}}
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* Allows programmer comments or temporary code removal.
* [[REM]] can also be used to &quot;comment out&quot; a line.
* [[Metacommand]]s require that they are commented either with an apostrophe or [[REM]].
* [[$INCLUDE]] requires a &quot;comment&quot; apostrophe before and after the included file name also.


''See also:''

* [[Comma]], [[Semicolon]]
* [[REM]]


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