I understand that it is good syntax to use semicolons after all statements in Javascript, but does any one know why if/else statements do not require them after the curly braces?
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and }
begin and close a group of statementsBasically, an if-else
must be followed by either a statement or a group of statements.
if-else
followed by a statement:
if (condition) statement;
if (condition); // followed by a statement (an empty statement)
if-else
followed by group of statements:
if (condition) {
statement;
statement;
}
if (condition) {
// followed by a group of statements of zero length
}
if-else
must end with a ;
if it is followed by a single statement. if-else
does not end with a ;
when followed by a group of statements because ;
is used to end a single statement, and is not used for ending a group of statements.