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melissa yip
6,952 Pointsng-blur requires semicolon?
Why does the code inside ng-blur require a semicolon but code inside ng-click or other directives do not?
3 Answers
Seth Kroger
56,414 PointsThe semi-colon isn't required in an Angular expression unless you're breaking up two or more separate statements.
melissa yip
6,952 PointsOk. I ask because in the video Huston has a semicolon after his ng-blur statement, but my code still works after removing it. Thanks.
Geoffrey Emerson
18,726 PointsThe statement inside the quotes is actually a line of JavaScript. Programmers are so used to putting a semicolon at the end of a statement, they'll sometimes even put it where it's really not needed.
Side note: JavaScript actually doesn't require a semicolon to end a line of code. The JavaScript interpreter will attempt to make an educated guess as to when you are ending your statement. In this case, the close quote does the job. In a regular program or code block, hitting enter at the end of a line is usually enough. The semicolons are there for clarity, tradition, and for a small number of cases where they are actually needed at the end of a line.