no-equal-then-else

added in: 1.6.0

warning

🛠

Free+

preset: recommended

Warns when an 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;