Semicolon in JavaScript
Semicolons in JavaScript are optional. When a semicolon is needed, it is added in the background. Semicolon Insertion is the name of the process that accomplishes this.
Automatic Semicolon Insertion Rules in JavaScript
It will automatically add a semicolon when it encounters the following scenarios while scanning source code:
- code that breaks the current line in the following line (code can spawn on multiple lines)
- the current block is closed when the source code file ends, and there is a return statement on its line
- the line where the break statement is located.
- the throw statement appears in its own line.
- the continue statement appears in its own line.
