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Is it possible to comment out lines of diagram syntax? – PlantUML Q&A

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/21

I like PlantUML a lot as it is an easy way to create even simple diagrams using plain text, for instance a simple Sequence Diagram like below.

Sometimes, you want to add comments because the way you build the diagram needs explanation that is not needed in the diagram itself. You can:

[Archive.is] Is it possible to comment out lines of diagram syntax? – PlantUML Q&A:

You can use quote like in the following example

@startuml
' This is a comment on a single line
Bob->Alice : hello
/' You quote by using slash-and-quote
to split your comments on several
lines '/
@enduml

[Archive.isSequence Diagram syntax and features

–jeroen

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