Title: $comment_alt
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# $comment_alt

 *  [stijn03](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stijn03/)
 * (@stijn03)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment_alt/)
 * What is stored in the $comment_alt variable? What is the purpose of this variable
   and where stands alt for ?
 * thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment_alt/#post-2667639)
 * I’m pretty sure it’s used to output the CSS on alternate comments. Why are you
   asking?
 *  Thread Starter [stijn03](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stijn03/)
 * (@stijn03)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment_alt/#post-2667675)
 * ah ok, yes that makes sense, and what’s the difference with $comment_thread_alt
   if i may ask you?
 * I’va also another question:
 * i don’t see any reference to the function: &separate_comments() in the codex.
   Where can i find the implementation of this function because i don’t get exactly
   what the ampersand does.
 * > Why are you asking?
 *  Just to get an idea of the code 🙂
 * Thanks in advance

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