VBC-054: unnecessary-else

warning

Category: clean-code
Analysis: Regex (whole file)
File types: .js, .ts, .tsx, .astro
Scope: source code only, ignoring anything inside strings and comments
Tags: clean-code

What it reports

Unnecessary 'else' after 'return' at line {line}. Remove the else and flatten the code.

Flagged

if (ready) {
  return 1;
} else {
  return 2;
}

Not flagged

if (ready) {
  start();
} else {
  stop();
}

Pattern

\breturn\b[^\n]*;?\s*\n?\s*\}\s*else\s*\{