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Asked: 2026-05-17T01:35:42+00:00

I am just curious to know why this is allowed. int i=0;; I accidentaly

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I am just curious to know why this is allowed.

int i=0;;

I accidentaly typed that. But the program compiled. I noticed it after many days that I have typed ;;

After that I tried with different symbols like ~, !, : etc etc

Why is that not allowed where as first one is allowed.

Just curious to know.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have typed an empty statement:

    int i=0; // that's one statement
; // that's another

    It’s legal for an statement in C# to have no body.

    From section 8.3 of the C# Language Specification:

    An empty-statement does nothing.

    empty-statement:
    ;
    An empty statement is used when there are no operations to perform in a context where a statement is required.

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