What is the use of a semicolon (;) at the end of every program statement?

C is a block-structured language. Blocks are delimited by { and}. Every block can have its own local variables. Blocks can be defined wherever a C statement could be used. No semi-colon is required after the closing brace of a block.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#define semicolon ;
void main() 
{
 
  int a = 5;
  printf("\n%d", a);
  
  {
  int  a = 2;
  printf("\n%d", a);
  }
 
	
}

Output:

5
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Reference to a variable will be to the variable of that name in the nearest enclosing block.

#include
int main(void)
{
 switch(printf("Hello World 
"));
} 

#include
int main(void)
{
 switch(printf("Hello World 
")){}
} 

Hello World
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#include
int main(void)
{
 switch(printf("Hello World 
"));
} 

#include
int main(void)
{
 switch(printf("Hello World 
")){}
} 

Hello World
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code

#include
#define semicolon ;
void main()
{
 printf("Hello World 
")semicolon
}

code

Hello World
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int miles, yards; /* global variables */
main()
{
float kilometres; /* local variables */

• C language is a structure/procedure oriented, middle level programming language developed at Bell Laboratories in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie.
• C language was invented for implementing UNIX operating system.
• In 1978, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan published the first edition The C Programming Language.
• Also, C language is an ANSI/ISO standard and powerful programming language for developing real time applications