semicolon
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(;) ending expression and row separator



Description
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Semicolons are used to separate rows in a matrix definition (within
brackets).

Semicolons may also be used at the end of an instruction (in a file or
in Scilab console). In this case it means that the result(s) is(are)
not displayed. Conversely use comma (,) to get the display.



Examples
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::

    a=[1,2,3;4,5,6];
    a=1;b=1,c=2




See Also
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+ `comma`_ (,) comma; instruction, argument separator
+ `brackets`_ ([,]) left and right brackets


.. _brackets: brackets.html
.. _comma: comma.html