Unused global variable
Reports global variables that are defined but are never used in code.
If you have unused variables, the code will not compile. For more information about unused variables and imports, refer to Unused imports and variables at go.dev.
Code in the example will not compile. Therefore, it is highlighted as an error. You can apply two quick-fixes for such cases: Delete variable and Rename to _. The first quick-fix deletes the variable, the second one will convert the variable to a blank identifier.
After the Rename to _ quick-fix is applied:
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
GoUnusedGlobalVariable- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
Inspection ID: GoUnusedGlobalVariable
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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Can be installed with plugin: | Go, 252.26654.0 |