Okay with newline before semi-colon?

Question

I'm new to C programming. I write a Basic C code
like

#include<stdio.h>

main()

{

    int t = 

5

;

    printf("%d\n",t

);

}

Is it going to produce a error?

Well, my questing is like

int x = 9;

and

int x = //Finish this instruction in 3 lines instead of one!

9

;

Both are correct? Can i end a instruction in by using multiple line

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Answer 1

Re-written answer after question has been clarified.

Yes, the position of the semi-colon doesn't matter. Whitespace (space, newline, tab) generally don't matter in C. It's not a line-oriented language, where source code must be rigidly structured into lines. There are lines, but they're not very important. Almost always, a newline can be changed into a space (or even removed) without changing the meaning of the code.

These are all equivalent:

int x = 1;

int y=1;

int z=1          ;

int
w
=
1
;

You should check out some Obfuscated C entries for how this can be used to creative effect.

Okay with newline before semi-colon?

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