**Skip semicolons!** I'll use [this answer](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/107725/31516) to illustrate the point. The original code was: function f(x);if~movefile('f.m',x);disp("+-+\n| |\n+-+");end After removing semicolons, it could be reduced to the following, saving three bytes: function f(x)if~movefile('f.m',x)disp("+-+\n| |\n+-+")end This can be used quite a few places, and stuff you don't even try because it looks like a syntax error often works.