Python uses # mark to add end of line comments.
Comments add human-readable documentation for your code.
You can add documentation strings to your code.
a = 3 b = 4 # www . j a va 2 s . c o m print( a + 1, a - 1 ) # Addition (3 + 1), subtraction (3 - 1) print( b * 3, b / 2 ) # Multiplication (4 * 3), division (4 / 2) print( a % 2, b ** 2 ) # Modulus (remainder), power (4 ** 2) print( 2 + 4.0, 2.0 ** b ) # Mixed-type conversions