[[Property:title|CA017 - Empty conditional]]
[[Property:link_title|CA017]]
[[Property:weight|0]]
[[Property:uuid|4616cef3-6eaf-1ab6-6071-d629443dfbf0]]
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=Description=
An empty conditional instruction is useless and should be removed.

:{| class="doctable"
|-
| '''Scope'''
| Instruction
|-
| '''Status'''
| Enabled
|-
| '''Severity'''
| Warning
|-
| '''Applicability'''
| All
|-
| '''Score'''
| 50
|}


=Example of violation=
<e>if x and y then
end
do_something_else
</e>

=Recommendation=
Remove the useless conditional.
In the example, simply keep:

<e>
do_something_else</e>