# 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