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