1 1 9.2.3.1 Special Characters 1 .......................... 1 1 '#' is the line comment character. Note that if '#' is the first 1 character on a line then it can also be a logical line number directive DONTPRINTYET 1 (⇒Comments) or a preprocessor control command (*note1DONTPRINTYET 1 (⇒Comments) or a preprocessor control command (⇒ Preprocessing). 1 1 ';' can be used instead of a newline to separate statements. 1