== Why is this an issue?

When the same condition is checked twice in quick succession, it is probably inefficient, and likely an error. Usually, the intent was to check a different condition.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,text]
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if (a.length() > 5) {
  //... 
}
if (a.length() > 5) {  // Noncompliant
  // ...
}
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