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Nested `+If+`, `+Select+`, `+For+`, `+For Each+`, `+While+`, `+Do+`, and `+Try+` statements are key ingredients for making what's known as "Spaghetti code".
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Such code is hard to read, refactor and therefore maintain.
== Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
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If condition1 ' Compliant - depth = 1
' ...
If condition2 ' Compliant - depth = 2
' ...
For i = 0 to 10 ' Compliant - depth = 3, not exceeding the limit
' ...
If condition4 ' Noncompliant - depth = 4
If condition5 ' Depth = 5, exceeding the limit, but issues are only reported on depth = 4
' ...
End If
Return
End If
Next
End If
End If
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