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The semicolon, as a mark separating statements, CORRESPONDS to the ordinary English usage of separating independent clauses, and gives the entire program the gross syntax of a single ordinary sentence

The semicolon or semi-colon[1] ; is a symbol commonly used as orthographic punctuation. In the English language, a semicolon can be used between two closely related independent clauses, provided they are not ALREADY joined by a coordinating conjunction. SEMICOLONS can also be used in place of commas to separate the items in a list, particularly when the elements of that list contain commas.[2] The semicolon is likely the least understood of the standard marks, and so it is not used by many English speakers.[3]

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Semicolon

In Unicode

U+003B ; SEMICOLON (HTML ; · ;)

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Arabic semi colon Ethiopic semicolon Bamum semicolon

In the QWERTY KEYBOARD layout, the semicolon resides in the unshifted homerow beneath the little finger of the right hand and has become widely used in programming languages as a statement separator or terminator