no-extra-semi

Disallow unnecessary semicolons

This rule was deprecated in ESLint v8.53.0. Please use the corresponding rule in @stylistic/eslint-plugin-js.

Typing mistakes and misunderstandings about where semicolons are required can lead to semicolons that are unnecessary. While not technically an error, extra semicolons can cause confusion when reading code.

Rule Details

This rule disallows unnecessary semicolons.

Problems reported by this rule can be fixed automatically, except when removing a semicolon would cause a following statement to become a directive such as "use strict".

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

/*eslint no-extra-semi: "error"*/

var x = 5;;

function foo() {
    // code
};

class C {
    field;;

    method() {
        // code
    };

    static {
        // code
    };
};
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Examples of correct code for this rule:

/*eslint no-extra-semi: "error"*/

var x = 5;

function foo() {
    // code
}

var bar = function() {
    // code
};

class C {
    field;

    method() {
        // code
    }

    static {
        // code
    }
}
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When Not To Use It

If you intentionally use extra semicolons then you can disable this rule.

Related Rules

• semi
• semi-spacing

Version

This rule was introduced in ESLint v0.0.9.

Resources

• Rule source
• Tests source