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I asked for help and someone used a semi-colon, but what do they do?

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So, I asked for help on a script on the Roblox developer forum and someone on my script had used semi-colons, but when I changed it and removed them the script didn't work anymore. I wasn't exactly sure what the difference was in what he changed or why the semi-colons fixed the problems. It would be great if someone could explain to me what they mean in my piece of code, due to me being new to coding.

Code:

local plr;
	for i,v in pairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
		if not plr and textEntered == v.Name then
			plr = v;
		end
	end -- There is more code after, but it was irrelevant to enter it
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why not compare with what happened when the person changed the script and the script before you posted?

Anonymous#

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You should control which semicolons you are removing because there might be code that is relevant to your problem.

For the semicolon supposed to be another way to declare a new statement, similar to line breaking. ie

(This situation is kinda messy)

this causes ambiguous syntax.

local function Print_2(a)
	print(a)
	return function(b)
		print('wow another Function call')	
	end
end
Print_2('wow! a Function call')--> 'wow! a Function call'
(function() --> will this print 'wow another Function call' or not?
	return 'wow new statement'
end)()

This does not

local function Print_2(a)
	print(a)
	return function(b)
		print('wow another Function call')	
	end
end
Print_2('wow! a Function call');--> 'wow! a Function call'
(function() 
	return 'wow new statement' --> this does nothing because it returns a string only.
end)()
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