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RedundantSemicolon

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2025.3-rc-2905 B
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Reports redundant semicolons (;) that can be safely removed.

Kotlin does not require a semicolon at the end of each statement or expression. The quick-fix is suggested to remove redundant semicolons.

Example:

val myMap = mapOf("one" to 1, "two" to 2);
  myMap.forEach { (key, value) -> print("$key -> $value")};

After the quick-fix is applied:

val myMap = mapOf("one" to 1, "two" to 2)
  myMap.forEach { (key, value) -> print("$key -> $value")}

There are two cases though where a semicolon is required:

  1. Several statements placed on a single line need to be separated with semicolons:
map.forEach { val (key, value) = it; println("$key -> $value") }
  1. enum classes that also declare properties or functions, require a semicolon after the list of enum constants:
enum class Mode {
      SILENT, VERBOSE;

      fun isSilent(): Boolean = this == SILENT
  }