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Variable is declared and being used in different 'case' clauses

Reports a variable that is declared in one case clause of a switch statement but is used in another case clause of the same statement. For block-scoped variables, this results in throwing a ReferenceError. For var variables, it indicates a potential error.

Disable the inspection for var variables if this pattern is used intentionally.

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.

JSSwitchVariableDeclarationIssue
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.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Switch statement issues

Inspection ID: JSSwitchVariableDeclarationIssue

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Variable is declared and being used in different 'case' clauses inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore for var-variables

Option ID:

ignoreNonBlockScope

Default value:

Not selected

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:

//noinspection JSSwitchVariableDeclarationIssue

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025