Constant condition¶

ID: cs/constant-condition
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: warning
Precision: very-high
Tags:
   - quality
   - maintainability
   - readability
   - external/cwe/cwe-835
Query suites:
   - csharp-code-quality.qls
   - csharp-security-and-quality.qls

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A condition that always evaluates to true or always evaluates to false can be removed, thereby simplifying the program logic. If the condition is a loop condition, consider rewriting the loop using bounded iteration (for example, a foreach loop), if possible.

Recommendation¶

Avoid constant conditions where possible, and either eliminate the conditions or replace them.

Example¶

In the following example, the condition a > a is constantly false, so Max(x, y) always returns x.

class Bad
{
    public int Max(int a, int b)
    {
        return a > a ? a : b;
    }
}

The revised example replaces the condition with a > b.

class Good
{
    public int Max(int a, int b)
    {
        return a > b ? a : b;
    }
}

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