Lint-DuplicateMatchPattern.md

Pattern: Duplicate match pattern

Issue: -

Description

Checks that there are no repeated patterns used in in keywords.

Examples

# bad
case x
in 'first'
  do_something
in 'first'
  do_something_else
end

# good
case x
in 'first'
  do_something
in 'second'
  do_something_else
end

# bad - repeated alternate patterns with the same conditions don't depend on the order
case x
in foo | bar
  first_method
in bar | foo
  second_method
end

# good
case x
in foo | bar
  first_method
in bar | baz
  second_method
end

# bad - repeated hash patterns with the same conditions don't depend on the order
case x
in foo: a, bar: b
  first_method
in bar: b, foo: a
  second_method
end

# good
case x
in foo: a, bar: b
  first_method
in bar: b, baz: c
  second_method
end

# bad - repeated array patterns with elements in the same order
case x
in [foo, bar]
  first_method
in [foo, bar]
  second_method
end

# good
case x
in [foo, bar]
  first_method
in [bar, foo]
  second_method
end

# bad - repeated the same patterns and guard conditions
case x
in foo if bar
  first_method
in foo if bar
  second_method
end

# good
case x
in foo if bar
  first_method
in foo if baz
  second_method
end

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Lint/DuplicateMatchPattern