## Why is this an issue?

`if` statements with conditions that are always false have the effect of making blocks of code non-functional. `if` statements with conditions that are always true are completely redundant, and make the code less readable.

There are three possible causes for the presence of such code:

- An if statement was changed during debugging and that debug code has been committed.
- Some value was left unset.
- Some logic is not doing what the programmer thought it did.

In any of these cases, unconditional `if` statements should be removed.

### Noncompliant code example

    if (true) {  // Noncompliant
      doSomething();
    }
    ...
    if (false) {  // Noncompliant
      doSomethingElse();
    }

### Compliant solution

    doSomething();

## Resources

- CWE - CWE-489 - Active Debug Code
- CWE - CWE-570 - Expression is Always False
- CWE - CWE-571 - Expression is Always True