api is returning empty Array

Question

hi when I run this api/animals it is returning an empty array however it should return data in json format it is .Net 6.0

namespace WebApi.Controllers
{
 [Route("api/[controller]")]
 [ApiController]
 public class AnimalsController : ControllerBase
 {
 public IActionResult GetAnimals(); 
 {
 var animals = new List<AnimalModel> 
 {
 new AnimalModel() { Name = "dog", Description = "4 legs"};
 new AnimalModel() { Name = "cat", Description = "4 legs" };
 };
 return Ok(animals);
 }
 }
}

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• phuzi: You seem to have a thing for semi-colons, try removing some.
• Tiny Wang: try my code......

Answer 1

• remove the semicolon in line 13
• remove the semicolon in line 15, and 16 add (comma),

then try to execute it

Answer 2

[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class AnimalsController : ControllerBase
{
 public IActionResult GetAnimals()
 {
 var animals = new List<AnimalModel> 
 {
 new AnimalModel() { Name = "dog", Description = "4 legs"},
 new AnimalModel() { Name = "cat", Description = "4 legs" }
 };
 return Ok(animals);
 }
}
public class AnimalModel
{
 public string Name { get; set; }
 public string Description { get; set; }
}

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