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Append semicolon after expressions

Some lines need the semicolon, some don't.

Start file
var foo

var bar = myCoolStuff()

callRemote()

foo = callTheWorld()
End file
var foo;

var bar = myCoolStuff();

callRemote();

foo = callTheWorld();

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< var foo
---
> var foo;
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< var bar = myCoolStuff()
---
> var bar = myCoolStuff();
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< callRemote()
---
> callRemote();
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< foo = callTheWorld()
---
> foo = callTheWorld();

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#120 Tom Stuart / @mortice - Score: 14 - 06/02/12 @ 02:35 
A;<Esc>/^.<CR>.n.n.ZZ

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#121 Jakub Troszok / @zosoooo - Score: 14 - 06/02/12 @ 03:05 
:g/\S/s/$/;<CR>ZZ

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#122 Matty Williams / @matty_jwilliams - Score: 14 - 06/08/12 @ 05:17 
A;<Esc>2j.2j.2j.ZZ

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#123 Tadas Sce / @tadassce - Score: 14 - 06/10/12 @ 13:41 
A;<Esc>2j.2j.2j.ZZ

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#124 Carlos Hernando / @chernando - Score: 14 - 06/13/12 @ 12:03 
:g/\S/s/$/;<CR>ZZ

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#125 Florian Motlik / @leanvienna - Score: 14 - 06/14/12 @ 05:47 
:%s/.$/&;<CR>:wq<CR>

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#126 J Paul Daigle / @jpauldaigle - Score: 14 - 06/19/12 @ 06:17 
qa$a;<Esc>jjq4@aZZ

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#127 Mike Kenyon / @mike_kenyon - Score: 14 - 07/16/12 @ 10:10 
A;<Esc>2j.2j.2j.ZZ

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#128 Lukas Korsika / @LKorsika - Score: 14 - 07/16/12 @ 22:12 
:%s/\S.*/&;<CR>ZZ

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#129 Kim Le / @kimledev1 - Score: 14 - 07/31/12 @ 15:40 
A;<Esc>2j.2j.2j.ZZ

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#130 Javier Cervantes / @solojavier - Score: 14 - 09/04/12 @ 11:43 
qq$a;<Esc>2jq3@qZZ

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#131 Adam Dratwinski / @adwinsky - Score: 14 - 11/27/12 @ 11:33 
A;<Esc>jj.jj.jj.ZZ

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#132 DJ LoBraico / @pygatea - Score: 14 - 12/11/12 @ 15:20 
qqA;<Esc>0jjq3@qZZ

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#133 Daniel Hahler / @blueyed - Score: 14 - 01/22/13 @ 12:14 
:%s/.$/\0;/<CR>ZZ

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#134 Mario Forner / @m_forner - Score: 15 - 06/19/12 @ 00:13 
qaA;<Esc>2jq3@a:wq<CR>

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#135 Kevin McGladdery / @run_kmc - Score: 15 - 08/11/12 @ 16:58 
A;<Esc>/)<CR>A;<Esc>n.n.ZZ

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#136 Tyler Breisacher / @tbreisacher - Score: 15 - 08/25/12 @ 00:54 
:%s/.$/\0;/g<CR>ZZ

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#137 buz / @buzbone - Score: 16 - 06/14/12 @ 18:48 
:%s/^\w.*/\0;<CR>ZZ

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#138 Viswanath Sivakumar / @viswanathgs - Score: 16 - 08/30/12 @ 08:24 
:g/\S/s/$/;/g<CR>ZZ

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#139 lauri lehmijoki / @laurilehmijoki - Score: 17 - 06/02/12 @ 02:20 
A;<Esc>:3<CR>.:5<CR>.:7<CR>.ZZ

@laurilehmijoki: This solution does not scale – regex substitutions are much better!

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#140 Phil / @ischi - Score: 17 - 01/02/13 @ 02:00 
:g/^\S/norm A;<CR>ZZ

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#141 Endri Runa / @endiruna - Score: 18 - 06/12/12 @ 17:41 
A;<Esc>:3<CR>.jj;.jj.:wq<CR>

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#142 Christopher Biscardi / @chrisbiscardi - Score: 18 - 07/17/12 @ 00:29 
A;<Esc>:%s/)/);/g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#143 Stephan Baumeister / @baumichel - Score: 19 - 07/12/12 @ 08:02 
qq$a;<Esc>jjq@q@q@q:wq<CR>

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#144 Mark Burns / @_mark_burns - Score: 20 - 06/02/12 @ 02:36 
:%s/\v(.+)/\1;/g<CR>:x<CR>

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#145 Roel van Dijk / @rdvdijk - Score: 22 - 06/05/12 @ 08:50 
:%s/\([o)]\)$/\1;/<CR><Esc>ZZ

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#146 Marco / @xmarkoz - Score: 22 - 06/28/12 @ 09:10 
A;<Esc>2jA;<Esc>2jA;<Esc>2jA;<Esc>:wq<CR>

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#147 Calvin Flegal / @calflegal - Score: 25 - 06/20/12 @ 16:22 
A;<Esc>yljj$pjj$pjj$p:qw<BS><BS>wq<CR>

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#148 Jacob Vosmaer / @jacobvosmaer - Score: 27 - 06/03/12 @ 04:32 
:%norm <BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>s/$/;<CR>:%s/^;<CR>ZZ

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#149 Noel Alejandro / @noelrock333 - Score: 38 - 06/22/12 @ 17:08 
:4<BS>%s.<BS>/s<BS>)/x<BS>no<BS><BS>/<BS>(<BS>);/<CR>1G7la;<Esc>:w<CR><C-W>q

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