.. _no-else-return:

no-else-return / R1705
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**Message emitted:**

``Unnecessary "%s" after "return", %s``

**Description:**

*Used in order to highlight an unnecessary block of code following an if containing a return statement. As such, it will warn when it encounters an else following a chain of ifs, all of them containing a return statement.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/n/no-else-return/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/n/no-else-return/good.py
   :language: python





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