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Posted September 9, 2018 12:29am by

Why are we using semicolon in the code?

The instructor added a semicolon after the following statement. But the output is same even without using a semicolon.

print("(Enter Q to Quit)");

So why are we using semicolon here? Please advise. Thanks

1 Answer

September 9, 2018 12:42am

Hi ARCHIT RANA

Craig teaches both Python and Java here on Treehouse. Like all of us... occasionally one syntax kind of slips into the other language, and Java uses semi-colons to end statements.
While Python does let you use semi-colons to denote an end of a statement, it is not needed or common practice. So, no need to worry about or remember the stray semi-colon in the video, but this is why both work the same.

So, while I can't say for sure, I'm going to guess that Craig Dennis simply had a bit of a Java hiccup. Lol.