You could use triple quotes. -- Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com --------- "Tom" <tom at peresys.co.za> wrote in message news:9ds4ir$k30$1 at ctb-nnrp2.saix.net... > I miss C style comments for multiple lines like /* */ > > How can that be done without doing > > #line 1 > #line 2 > #line 3 > #line 4 > > in Python ? > > >