Comments

Documentation Symbols

Syntax samples

/*...*/

Components

The pound sign signals the start of a one-line comment. MedModel will ignore any characters on the rest of the line.

Two forward slashes signal the start of a one-line comment. MedModel will ignore any characters on the rest of the line. This symbol works exactly the same as the # sign.

/*...*/

A slash followed by an asterisk signals the start of a multi-line comment. MedModel will ignore all characters after the “/*” until it finds an asterisk followed by a slash, “*/”. Use this type of comment for long explanations and to prevent MedModel from executing long portions of logic during debugging. Comments using // or # may be nested inside multi-line comments.

Description

Comments are notes to the modeler inside blocks of logic. MedModel ignores them, but they can be particularly useful to explain logic when more than one person will be using a model.

Valid In

Any logic.

Example

The logic below has several notes to explain it. Additionally, MedModel ignores the ELSE statement and the ELSE statement’s block.

IF Patient_Type = 3 THEN

{//Patient type is stored in attribute Patient_Type

Get MD # Get a Doctor only if patient is type 3

WAIT Attr1

}

/* ELSE

{ //Start Treatment by Nurse

GET NURSE

INC Var1

WAIT Attr2

} */