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What is the correct JSDoc syntax for a local variable?


For a function like this...

function example() {
  var X = 100;

  ...

  var Y = 'abc';

  ...

  return Z;
}

I need to explain the purpose of some of the local variables. Adding a description like this...

function example() {
  /**
   * @description - Need to explain the purpose of X here.
   */
  var X = 100;

  ...

  /**
   * @description - Need to explain the purpose of Y here.
   */
  var Y = 'abc';

  ...

  return Z;
}

...doesn't seem to be getting picked up by JS Doc v3.4.0.

What is the correct syntax?

P.S. Some of my use cases call for multi-line comments.


Solution

  • It seems that JS Docs ignores comments within the "block" (E.g. class, function, etc.). I tried...

    @description
    @inner
    @instance
    @member
    @memberof
    @name
    @summary
    

    ...and others. I was unable to get any of them to generate documentation. Throughout the JS Doc examples they use normal JS comments for this sort of thing.

    I have concluded that there is no official JS Doc syntax for this.