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The **semicolon** is used in a [PRINT](PRINT) statement to stop the screen print cursor immediately after the printed value.
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## Usage
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`COLOR 13: PRINT "Value ="; value1; value2; value3`
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```text
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1234 5678 9012
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```
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* Positive numerical values [PRINT](PRINT) will include a space before and after each value printed. Strings will not have spacing.
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* Use the [WRITE](WRITE) statement to print values with only commas between the values and no spacing.
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* A semicolon can append the next print when used at the end of a [PRINT](PRINT) statement.
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* Use a semicolon after text that will be [PRINT](PRINT) on the last two text rows of a [SCREEN (statement)](SCREEN-(statement)) to prevent screen rolling.
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* [INPUT](INPUT) statements can use the semicolon **before** the text to prevent screen rolling. **INPUT ; "text or question"; variable**.
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* A semicolon **after** the text will create a question mark and space after the [INPUT](INPUT) text question. Use a comma for statements.
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* **NOTE: Semicolons can NOT be used to combine string variables in a string variable definition!**
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* Use the **+** [concatenation](concatenation) operator to combine [STRING](STRING) variable definition values only!
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* [Semicolon](Semicolon)s cannot be used in or following a [WRITE](WRITE) statement!
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## See Also
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* [Comma](Comma)
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* [PRINT](PRINT), [PRINT USING](PRINT-USING)
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* [WRITE](WRITE)
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* [INPUT](INPUT), [LINE INPUT](LINE-INPUT)
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* [STR$](STR$) (convert number to string)
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* [VAL](VAL) (convert string to number)
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