VMS Help CC, Language topics, Statements, Null  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  A null statement is a semicolon:

       ;

  The null statement provides a null action -- for example, the body
  of a for loop that takes no action:

       for(i=0; i < ARRAYSIZE && x[i] == 5; i++)
           ;