---
source: crates/biome_js_analyze/tests/spec_tests.rs
expression: simpleBranches.js
---
# Input
```jsx
function simpleBranches() {
    if (firstCondition) {                 // +1
        return 1;
    } else if (secondCondition) {         // +1
        return 2;
    } else {                              // +1
        return 3;
    }
}

```

# Diagnostics
```
simpleBranches.js:1:10 lint/complexity/noExcessiveCognitiveComplexity ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  ! Excessive complexity detected.
  
  > 1 │ function simpleBranches() {
      │          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    2 │     if (firstCondition) {                 // +1
    3 │         return 1;
  
  i Please refactor this function to reduce its complexity score from 3 to the max allowed complexity 2.
  

```