Style-EmptyElse.md

Pattern: Empty else clause

Issue: -

Description

Checks for empty else clauses, possibly including comments and/or an explicit nil depending on the enforced style.

SupportedStyles:

Examples

# good for all styles

if condition
  statement
else
  statement
end

# good for all styles
if condition
  statement
end

# empty - warn only on empty else

# bad
if condition
  statement
else
end

# good
if condition
  statement
else
  nil
end

# nil - warn on else with nil in it

# bad
if condition
  statement
else
  nil
end

# good
if condition
  statement
else
end

# both - warn on empty else and else with nil in it

# bad
if condition
  statement
else
  nil
end

# bad
if condition
  statement
else
end

Default configuration

Attribute	Value
EnforcedStyle	both
SupportedStyles	empty, nil, both

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Style/EmptyElse