Statements

• a simple statement
• a null statement
• a block
• a control statement

Simple Statement

expression ;

Null Statement

;

Block

{ S1 S2 S3 ... Sn } where the Si are statements

Control Statement

an if, for, while, ...

So that's the rule for semicolons!

• In C, the semicolon is used to terminate a simple statement
• In Pascal, the semicolon seperates statements