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Nested <code>if</code>, <code>for</code>, <code>while</code>, <code>try</code>, and <code>with</code> statements are key ingredients for making what's known as "Spaghetti code". Such code is hard to read, refactor and therefore maintain.
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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The following code snippet illustrates this rule with the default threshold of 3.
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if condition1: # Compliant - depth = 1
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# ...
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if condition2: # Compliant - depth = 2
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# ...
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for i in range(10): # Compliant - depth = 3, not exceeding the limit
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# ...
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if condition4: # Non-Compliant - depth = 4
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if condition5: # Depth = 5, exceeding the limit, but issues are only reported on depth = 4
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# ...
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