alguidelines/content/docs/NAVPatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/index.md

+++ title = "Unnecessary ELSE" weight = 1270 tags = ["C/AL","Readability"] categories = ["Best Practice"] +++ ELSE should not be used when the last action in the THEN part is an EXIT, BREAK, SKIP, QUIT, ERROR.

Bad code

IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN
    ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...)
ELSE
    ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...);

Good code

IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN
    ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...)
ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...);