What is the correct JSDoc syntax for a local variable?

Question

For a function like this...

function example() {
  var X = 100;

  ...

  var Y = 'abc';

  ...

  return Z;
}

I need to explain the purpose of some of the local variables. Adding a description like this...

function example() {
  /**
   * @description - Need to explain the purpose of X here.
   */
  var X = 100;

  ...

  /**
   * @description - Need to explain the purpose of Y here.
   */
  var Y = 'abc';

  ...

  return Z;
}

...doesn't seem to be getting picked up by JS Doc v3.4.0.

What is the correct syntax?

P.S. Some of my use cases call for multi-line comments.

Answer 1

I usually use something like the code below in my projects.

function example() {   /**    * Need to explain the purpose of X here.    * @type {number}    */   var X = 100;    ...    /**    * Need to explain the purpose of Y here.    * @type {string}    */   var Y = 'abc';    ...    return Z; } 

Answer 2

one liner:

  /** @type {string} */   let Y = 'abc'; 

Answer 3

It seems that JS Docs ignores comments within the "block" (E.g. class, function, etc.). I tried...

@description
@inner
@instance
@member
@memberof
@name
@summary

...and others. I was unable to get any of them to generate documentation. Throughout the JS Doc examples they use normal JS comments for this sort of thing.

I have concluded that there is no official JS Doc syntax for this.