Synopsis

(Required) All if ... else if constructs shall be terminated with an else clause.

Enabled by default

Yes

Severity/Certainty

Low/High

Full description

If ... else if constructs that are not terminated with an else clause were detected. This check is identical to MISRAC2004-14.10, MISRAC2012-Rule-15.7, MISRAC++2023-9.4.1.

Coding standards

Code examples

The following code example fails the check and will give a warning:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void example(void) {
	if (!rand()) {
		printf("The first random number is 0");
	} else if (!rand()) {
		printf("The second random number is 0");
	}
}

The following code example passes the check and will not give a warning about this issue:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void example(void) {
	if (!rand()) {
		printf("The first random number is 0");
	} else if (!rand()) {
		printf("The second random number is 0");
	} else {
		printf("Neither random number was 0");
	}
}