Meaning of ; in UNIX file?


 
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Old 01-11-2005
Question Meaning of ; in UNIX file?

Hello.

I'm looking at a file that has a ; at the beginning of certain lines. Could someone please tell me what that means? Is it a comment? Is it an execute?

Thank You
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Old 01-11-2005
Hmmm.....can you post some of the code? I can't remember offhand, but I think ; is comment in sqr.
 
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