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No equal then else

Rule id​

no-equal-then-else

Severity​

Warning

Description​

Warns when if statement has equal then and else statements or conditional expression has equal then and else expressions.

Example​

Bad:

final firstValue = 1;
final secondValue = 2;

...

// LINT
if (condition) {
  result = firstValue;
} else {
  result = firstValue;
}

...

result = condition ? firstValue : firstValue; // LINT

Good:

final firstValue = 1;
final secondValue = 2;

...

if (condition) {
  result = firstValue;
} else {
  result = secondValue;
}

...

result = condition ? firstValue : secondValue;