Compiler ignoring //

Compiler highlights this line

//pinMode(pinNumber,OUTPUT); //set pin to OUTPUT

Error message

expected ';' before '}' token

I added the // at the beginning of the line to try to get the Compiler to ignore it - didn't work.

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