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title: Avoid Using “while” Statements Without Using Curly Braces
description: "Impact Area Manageability Severity Medium Affected Element Lightning ## Rule ID **SF-0068** ## Impact Not using braces is error prone and complicates debugging. ## Remediation Use braces to surround all code blocks. ### Time to fix 30 min ## References…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/avoid-using-while-statements-without-using-curly-braces/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: PMD Rules
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# Avoid Using “while” Statements Without Using Curly Braces

Impact Area

Manageability

           Severity

Medium

           Affected Element

Lightning

## Rule ID

**SF-0068**

## Impact

Not using braces is error prone and complicates debugging.

## Remediation

Use braces to surround all code blocks.

### Time to fix

30 min

## References

See the PMD documentation article: [WhileLoopsMustUseBraces](https://pmd.github.io/latest/pmd_rules_ecmascript_codestyle.html#whileloopsmustusebraces).