Swift Basics: Semicolons

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This tutorial belongs to the Swift series

In Swift, semicolons are optional.

You can write statements on separate lines, and you don’t need to add a semicolon:

let list = ["a", "b", "c"]
var a = 2

You can add a semicolon, but it adds nothing meaningful in this case:

let list = ["a", "b", "c"];
var a = 2;

But if you want to write more than one statement on the same line, then you need to add a semicolon:

var a = 2; let b = 3

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: Introduction to Swift
2: Variables and Constants
3: Numbers
4: Booleans
5: Strings
6: Operators
7: Operator Precedence
8: Comments
9: ▶︎ Semicolons
10: How to join the Apple Developer Program
11: Installing iOS and Mac beta releases
12: Introduction to Swift and iOS development for Web developers
13: Some thoughts on SwiftUI
14: Why iOS