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Variable declaration can be merged with the first assignment to the variable

Reports a variable that is declared without an initializer and is used much further in the code or in a single nested scope. Suggests moving the variable closer to its usages and joining it with the initializer expression.

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

JSJoinVariableDeclarationAndAssignment
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | General

Inspection ID: JSJoinVariableDeclarationAndAssignment

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection JSJoinVariableDeclarationAndAssignment

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025