Do you avoid Double-Negative Conditionals in if-statements?
Last updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 10 months ago.See historyTry to avoid Double-Negative Conditionals in if-statements. Double negative conditionals are difficult to read because developers have to evaluate which is the positive state of two negatives. So always try to make a single positive when you write if-statement.
if (!IsValid)
{
// handle error
}
else
{
// handle success
}
Figure: Bad example
if (IsValid)
{
// handle success
}
else
{
// handle error
}
Figure: Good example
if (!IsValid)
{
// handle error
}
Figure: Another good example
Use pattern matching for boolean evaluations to make your code even more readable!
if (IsValid is false)
{
// handle error
}
Figure: Even better