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Title:	EXP45-C. Do not perform assignments in selection statements
Author:	Robert Seacord (Manager)	Jan 21, 2010
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 05, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/ZNYxBQ
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Parent Page     Page: Rule 03. Expressions (EXP)

• cwe-480
• ldra
• gcc
• compass/rose
• android-applicable
• ptc
• rule
• exp
• klocwork
• in-cpp

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/EXP19…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/EXP51-J.+D…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/480.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/PVS-Studio
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/SEI+CERT+O…
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/AA.+Bibliogra…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcruleexp45…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/AA.+Bibliogra…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.sonarsource.com/products/codeanalyzers/sonarcfa…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v559/
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html481.html
    cwe.mitre.org/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v699/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v633/

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