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SA0076: Missing enumeration constant

Determines whether or not each enumeration constant is used as a condition in CASE statements and queried in a CASE branch.

Justification: Defensive programming requires the processing of all possible values of an enumeration. If an action is not required for a particular enumeration value, then you should add a comment to indicate this explicitly. It is then clear to the reader of the code that the value was not simply forgotten.

Importance: Low

Example 83. Example
TYPE My_Enum :
(
    red := 1, blue := 2, green := 3, black := 4
);
END_TYPE
PROGRAM PLC_PRG
VAR
    iVar : My_Enum;
    xTemp : BOOL;
END_VAR
iVar := My_Enum.black;
CASE iVar OF
    My_Enum.red:
        xTemp := FALSE;
    My_Enum.blue, My_Enum.green:
        xTemp := TRUE;
    ELSE
        xTemp := NOT xTemp;
END_CASE

Output in the Messages view:

  • sa_icon_message.png SA0076: Missing enumeration constant 'black' in CASE statement