Avoid multiple blank lines (IDE2000)

#Overview

This style rule flags the presence of multiple consecutive blank lines in source code. Having multiple blank lines can reduce code readability and is generally considered poor formatting practice.

#Options

Options specify the behavior that you want the rule to enforce. For information about configuring options, see Option format.

#dotnet_style_allow_multiple_blank_lines_experimental

#Example

// dotnet_style_allow_multiple_blank_lines_experimental = true
if (true)
{
    DoWork();
}


return;

// dotnet_style_allow_multiple_blank_lines_experimental = false
if (true)
{
    DoWork();
}

return;

#Suppress a warning

If you want to suppress only a single violation, add preprocessor directives to your source file to disable and then re-enable the rule.

#pragma warning disable IDE2000
// The code that's violating the rule is on this line.
#pragma warning restore IDE2000

To disable the rule for a file, folder, or project, set its severity to none in the configuration file.

[*.{cs,vb}]
dotnet_diagnostic.IDE2000.severity = none

To disable all of the code-style rules, set the severity for the category Style to none in the configuration file.

[*.{cs,vb}]
dotnet_analyzer_diagnostic.category-style.severity = none

For more information, see How to suppress code analysis warnings.

#See also

• New-line preferences
• Code style language rules
• Code style rules reference