semicolon

(;) ending expression and row separator

Description

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

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

See Also

• comma (,) comma; instruction, argument separator
• brackets ([,]) left and right brackets