no-unnecessary-else

Disallows else blocks following if statements that end with a control-flow-terminating statement (return, break, etc.)

Rule details

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

contract Example {
  function f() public {
    if (condition) {
      return;
    } else {
      something();
    }
  }

  function g() public {
    for (uint i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      if (condition(i)) {
        break;
      } else {
        something();
      }
    }
  }
}

Examples of correct code for this rule:

contract Example {
  function f() public {
    if (condition) {
      return;
    }

    something();
  }

  function g() public {
    for (uint i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      if (condition(i)) {
        break;
      }

      something();
    }
  }
}