Source: https://developers.google.com/style/semicolons ↗\n\n# Semicolons

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  Save and categorize content based on your preferences.\n\n- Home\n- Products\n- Style\n\nIf possible, avoid using semicolons. In a few cases, a semicolon is preferred:\n\n- When joining two closely related independent clauses where a period or a comma is not as
  effective.

Recommended: You can easily test compatibility by computing the centroid; if it is on the opposite side of the planet, reverse the order of your vertices.\n- When preceding a conjunctive adverb (like therefore) or a phrase (like that is) that joins two independent clauses. Recommended: This setup places the head-tracked node below the Main Camera; therefore, only the stereo cameras are affected by the user’s head motion. Recommended: The URL from which a video ad loads; that is, the URL to use to fetch that video ad.\n- When separating a series of long or complex items that contain their own punctuation. Recommended: If you don’t have time, then focus on the improvements that will have the greatest benefit: what matters most to your users; what is most important to fix; and what is easy or feasible to fix in the available time. Recommended: Review your document one more time, checking for the following: present tense and active voice; typos, punctuation, and grammar; and whether you can shorten anything. Notice that in the final example, the second item in the list is itself a list.\n\nWhen joining two closely related independent clauses where a period or a comma is not as effective.\n\nRecommended: You can easily test compatibility by computing the centroid; if it is on the opposite side of the planet, reverse the order of your vertices.\n\nWhen preceding a conjunctive adverb (like therefore) or a phrase (like that is) that joins two independent clauses.\n\nRecommended: This setup places the head-tracked node below the Main Camera; therefore, only the stereo cameras are affected by the user’s head motion.\n\nRecommended: The URL from which a video ad loads; that is, the URL to use to fetch that video ad.\n\nWhen separating a series of long or complex items that contain their own punctuation.\n\nRecommended: If you don’t have time, then focus on the improvements that will have the greatest benefit: what matters most to your users; what is most important to fix; and what is easy or feasible to fix in the available time.\n\nRecommended: Review your document one more time, checking for the following: present tense and active voice; typos, punctuation, and grammar; and whether you can shorten anything.\n\nNotice that in the final example, the second item in the list is itself a list.\n