# Why do I at occasion see //\<\>// in the editor?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-do-i-at-occasion-see-in-the-editor/47870>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [February 13, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-do-i-at-occasion-see-in-the-editor/47870 "2026-02-13T06:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sterretje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@sterretje](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sterretje)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 6:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-do-i-at-occasion-see-in-the-editor/47870/1 "2026-02-13T06:44:10Z")

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At occasion I see `//<>//` in the Processing editor. Usually it is at the top of the main pde file but I now did find it in the middle of another file as well.

I’m sure I did not put it in there. What is the purpose? I did find this old topic ([Why does sometimes //\<\>// appear at the top of my sketch?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-sometimes-appear-at-the-top-of-my-sketch/5844)) but it does not have an answer 😉

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**Author:** ![stefterv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/stefterv/32/21678_2.png) [@stefterv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stefterv)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-do-i-at-occasion-see-in-the-editor/47870/2 "2026-02-13T07:45:43Z")

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They are indicators for the breakpoints that have been set in the debugger

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**Author:** ![sterretje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@sterretje](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sterretje)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-do-i-at-occasion-see-in-the-editor/47870/3 "2026-02-13T08:13:22Z")

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Thanks.

Minimum 20 character limit for a post forces me to write this 😃