Is it possible to hide a section or comment out a whole section?

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I want to comment out a whole section in order to save the text but not render it in the PDF. Is this possible?

Put a comment sign % at the beginning of every line of the section, use package comment or use a conditional test i wont show you, because it is bad. — Johannes_B, Feb 25 '15 at 19:44
Yes the verbatim package solves this problem to a very good degree. — Physics_maths, Feb 25 '15 at 19:57
Hm, the conditional i wouldn't show has the highest vote count. — Johannes_B, Feb 25 '15 at 20:00
What do you mean @Johannes_B? I like the verbatim solution, how about you? — Physics_maths, Feb 25 '15 at 20:13
@LoveLearning I like it too, but the other question has higher voted answers. Those work perfectly fine and i use the \iffalse trick myself everyday. But it isn't the cleanest of solutions. — Johannes_B, Feb 25 '15 at 20:19

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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As pointed out in the comments, there is a solution to this problem. For me, the verbatim package worked out the easiest. As given here

The solution is simply

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{document}
    This text will be displayed
\begin{comment}
    This text will not be displayed.
\end{comment}
\end{document}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Feb 25 '15 at 19:59

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Is it possible to hide a section or comment out a whole section?

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