alguidelines/content/docs/BestPractices/separate-if-and-else/index.md

title	tags	categories
Seperate if and else	AL Readability	Best Practice

Created by Microsoft, Described by waldo

Description

if and else statements should be on separate lines.

Bad code

    if Atom = '\>' then HasLogicalOperator := true else begin
    ...
    end;

Good code

    if Atom = '\>' then
        HasLogicalOperator := true
    else begin
        ...
    end;

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