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27 lines
856 B
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A loop with at most one iteration is equivalent to the use of an ``++IF++`` statement to conditionally execute one piece of code. No developer expects to find such usage of a loop statement. If the initial intention of the author was really to conditionally execute one piece of code, an ``++IF++`` statement should be used in place.
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At worst that was not the initial intention of the author and so the body of the loop should be fixed to use the nested ``++RETURN++``, ``++EXIT++``, ``++RAISE++`` or ``++GOTO++`` statements in a more appropriate way.
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== Noncompliant Code Example
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LOOP
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counter := counter + 1;
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dbms_output.put_line(counter);
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EXIT; -- Noncompliant
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END LOOP;
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== Compliant Solution
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LOOP
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counter := counter + 1;
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IF counter > 10 THEN
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EXIT;
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ELSE
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dbms_output.put_line(counter);
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END IF;
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END LOOP;
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