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**#COMMENT(** //column// **)**

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| **#COMMENT** | Sets the default column number for aligned comments. |
| //column// | A numeric constant in the range 1 to 255. |

The **#COMMENT** statement sets the default column number in which Clarion comments prefaced with the #<;! statement will be generated by the Application Generator.

**Example:**

**#COMMENT****(50)     #!Set comment column**

**IF Action = 1    #<;!If adding a record**

**  SomeVariable = InitVariable**

**END**

**See Also:     **[[    aligned target language comments .htm|#<;]]