PY3.R1716

Chained comparison

This message is emitted when we encounter boolean operation like a < b and b < c, suggesting instead to refactor it to a < b < c.

Noncompliant Code:

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a = int(input())
b = int(input())
c = int(input())
if a < b and b < c:
    pass

Compliant Code:

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a = int(input())
b = int(input())
c = int(input())
if a < b < c:
    pass

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