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# Inline-Immediately-Returned-Variable

#### Sourcery rule id: `inline-immediately-returned-variable`

#### Description

Inline variable that is immediately returned


#### Before

```javascript
const var = 1;
return var;
```

#### After

```javascript
return 1;
```



#### Explanation

Something that we often see in people's code is assigning to a result variable
and then immediately returning it.

Returning the result directly shortens the code and removes an unnecessary
variable, reducing the mental load of reading the function.

Where intermediate variables can be useful is if they then get used as a
parameter or a condition, and the name can act like a comment on what the
variable represents. In the case where you're returning it from a function, the
function name is there to tell you what the result is, so the variable name
is unnecessary.