Why so many semicolons in JavaScript?

Question

I tend to be a prolific user of semicolons in my JavaScript:

var x = 1;
var y = 2;
if (x==y){do something};

I recently noticed that I was looki

Answer 1

Semicolons mark the end of statements in JS, but I do not put semicolons after a close-brace, only after a statement within a brace and ALWAYS on a return statement.

In your example I dont find it necessary.