no-same-line-conditional.md

no-same-line-conditional

Code is clearest when each statement has its own line. Nonetheless, it is a common pattern to combine on the same line an if and its resulting then statement. However, when an if is placed on the same line as the closing } from a preceding then, else or else if part, it is either an error - else is missing - or the invitation to a future error as maintainers fail to understand that the two statements are unconnected.

Noncompliant Code Example

if (condition1) {
  // ...
} if (condition2) {  // Noncompliant
  //...
}

Compliant Solution

if (condition1) {
  // ...
} else if (condition2) {
  //...
}

Or

if (condition1) {
  // ...
}

if (condition2) {
  //...
}