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<div><h1>; -- statement separator</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><tt>(e;f;...;g;h)</tt> the semicolon can be used for evaluating a sequence of expressions. The value of the sequence is the value of its last expression, unless it is omitted, in which case the value is <a href="_null.html" title="the unique member of the empty class">null</a>.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : (3;4;5)
o1 = 5</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : (3;4;5;)</pre>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="__se.html" title="statement separator">;</a> is <span>a <a href="___Keyword.html">keyword</a></span>.</p>
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