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# Avoid conditions that are always true

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `csharp-best-practices/condition-always-true`

**Language:** C#

**Severity:** Info

**Category:** Best Practices

## Description{% #description %}

In C#, having conditions that are **always true** (or always false) is generally a **bad practice** because it leads to **unreachable code, logic errors, and maintainability issues**.

## How to Remediate{% #how-to-remediate %}

- Replace true with a meaningful, dynamic condition.
- Use variables, method results, or flags to evaluate logic properly.
- Remove useless condition branches

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp
// Count cannot be negative
if (myList.Count < 0) {
    // do something
}

// use double.IsNan instead
if (x == double.NaN) {
    // do something
}
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```csharp

if (myList.Count >= 0) {
    // do something
}


if (double.isNaN(x)) {
    // do something
}
```
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