C Semicolons

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Hello everybody. I am learning C. I just have a small question. In what circumstances do you put semicolons on the end of the line of code? If somebody could answer this, It would be very helpful.

After calling functions, setting variables and at the end of structures.

What're you learning C from that isn't teaching you this?

I just barely started. They probably do teach this somewhere, but, I was just asking ahead of time. By the way, I'm learning C from Masters of The Void. Very good. I learned it once from them, but then forgot it, so, I'm relearning it.

I've only done C++ and VB, and I know that in C++ you end almost everything with a semicolon.

What is the difference between C++ and C?

Every line except those that contain preprocessing directives, end with a curly bracket, or end inside of parenthesis.

Anything that is a statement ends with a semi-colon. That is how tutorials and books always described it, and I've looked at quite a few introductions to C/C++ (not because I need them, I just enjoy browsing them).

Fo-Rum, thank you for that nice explanation.

Never.

The positioning of semicolons and the ends of lines of code have utterly no connection.

Other than for the purposes of error reporting, line breaks are merely white space, which is generally ignored, bar for lexical delimiting of identifiers and keywords from each other.

A single semicolon is used to terminate some statements.

White space is used to terminate some tokens.

C++ is object oriented.

ruveyn

C++ is the same thing as C; it just has some stuff added to it.

to provide more than a comma's break in a sentence, or just before a list by commas...

The semi-colon joins two statements with a disparate relationship

putOnCleanUnderwear();goOutAndPlay()

while the colon joins two sentences that are connected.

Though I knew you were really asking about programming: I could not resist.

Oh and there's also a risk that after programming c/c++ for a while you start putting semicolons at the end of all your sentences; Like I'm doing here; It can be a bit embarrassing;

Note: Code outside brackets should end with a semicolon.

Code outside brackets (i.e. the IF statement below) does not need a semicolon since it's logical space is controlled by the brackets.



My tip is to experiment and compile and see what happens. Reading a book will make you booksmart and a generic worker, tinkering with stuff on your own beyond the book will make you awesome.

And a final note about C: Unless you want to spend your life programming dishwashers and embedded systems, go directly to C++ and do not look back.