The NOTE statement introduces a sentence or paragraph that will be treated as comments. 
                  
               
            
 
            
            
               General Format
 
               	  
               	 
 
               
              
            
            
               Syntax Rules
 
               	  
                
                  	 
                  - The character-string can be any combination of characters from the computer character set. 
                     	 
                  
  
               
 
               
              
            
            
               General Rules
 
               	  
                
                  	 
                  - If a NOTE statement is the first sentence of a paragraph, the entire paragraph is treated as comment. 
                     	 
                  
  
                  	 
                  - If a NOTE statement appears as other than the first sentence of a paragraph, text up to the next separator period is treated
                     as comment.