== Why is this an issue?

Re-assigning a variable to itself is a defect as it has no actual effect and indicates meaning to do something else.
It usually means that:

* The statement is redundant and should be removed
* The re-assignment is a mistake, and another value or variable was intended for the assignment instead

=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,csharp,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
public class Choice {
    private bool selected;
    
    public void MakeChoice(bool selected)
    {
        selected = selected; // Noncompliant
    }
}
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,csharp,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
public class Choice {
    private bool selected;
    
    public void MakeChoice(bool selected)
    {
        this.selected = selected; // Compliant
    }
}
----

== Resources

=== Documentation

* Microsoft Learn - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/misc/cs1717[Compiler Warning (level 3) CS1717]


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