Add comments to search code inside search field

[sergeblr]

Hello everybody, using Splunk 8.1.0 and relaterd to https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Search/Parsingsearches trying to add comments via ```my_comment``` to search request, but there is error.

Only `comment("my_comment")` works, but it is not what i need...

How to add comment to search request like /* my_comment */ or // my_comment ?

[inventsekar]

Hi @sergeblr may we know your full search query(after hiding hostname, important field-values) and Splunk version please

[sergeblr]

Hi, @inventsekar 

index=apps
host=host*
CASE(ERROR) AND "com.*"
```some comment here```

[inventsekar]

index=apps host=host* ERROR  ```some comment here```

are you able to do this search, please check.

[sergeblr]

Returns

Error in 'SearchParser': You must provide a macro expression.

Splunk 8.0.1

[inventsekar]

please try this... (this works fine for me)

index=_internal CASE(ERROR) /*test*/

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[sergeblr]

For this query /*test*/ parsed as:

'/' symbol, THEN any text (*), THEN 'test' word, THEN again any text (*) and '/' symbol, so this is not parsed as comment :((