semicolon or not semicolon?

[wheelie tips]

Hello,

Does DS need the semicolon at the end of each line or not? what is the best practice?

Best,

WT

[Steve Garman]

Semicolons that are just line terminators have never been strictly necessary in DroidScript if the lines are separated by \n or \r or both

They were regarded as good practice at one time but DroidScript has removed them recently from it's samples and no longer recommends them as best practice

[Steve Garman]

I should add that there is no reason to remove them from your existing code unless you want to

It is merely a style choice

They have no effect either way on the efficiency of the code

[wheelie tips]

Very well, thx much for the clarification!

WT

[Alan Hendry]

HI,

If you put multiple statements on a line it is necessary to separate them

const i = 5 ; var j = i + 1 ; alert (j) // not needed at end of line

{alert(i);alert(j);alert(k)} // not needed before or after curly bracket

Confusingly it seems to be required after a 

do{...} while (...) ; 

but should be omitted after

while (...) {...}

If you have a very long "for" statement and break into multiple lines, I believe they are needed

for (i=0 ; 

  i < len ; 

  i++)  // no semicolon before round bracket

  { ... }

There are definitely cases where you don't want them

if (i == 1) ; { alert("hi") }

(if the test is true it does nothing, and always does the alert)

Regards, ah

[wheelie tips]

Thank you Alan!! your input is highly appreciated!!