Comment: Comment() constructor

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The Comment() constructor returns a newly created Comment object with the optional string given in parameter as its textual content.

Syntax

js
new Comment()
new Comment(content)

Parameters

content Optional

A string representing the textual content of the comment.

Return value

A new Comment containing content, or the empty string if no parameter was given.

Example

js
const comment = new Comment("Test");

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-comment-comment①

Browser compatibility

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See also