E0140: expected expression after 'case'

A switch statement has a list of cases, each beginning with either the case keyword or the default keyword. It is a syntax error to omit an expression after the case keyword:

function getText(node) {
  switch (node.nodeType) {
    case document.TEXT_NODE:
      return node.nodeValue;
    case: {
      let result = "";
      for (let child of node.childNodes) {
        result += getText(child, document);
      }
      return result;
    }
    default:
      throw new Error("Unsupported DOM node type");
  }
}

function colorToHexCode(color) {
  switch (color) {
    case 'red':   return '#ff0000';
    case 'green': return '#00ff00';
    case 'blue':  return '#0000ff';
    case:
      throw new Error(`unknown color ${color}`);
  }
}

To fix this error, write an expression (usually a constant) after the case keyword:

function getText(node) {
  switch (node.nodeType) {
    case document.TEXT_NODE:
      return node.nodeValue;
    case document.ELEMENT_NODE: {
      let result = "";
      for (let child of node.childNodes) {
        result += getText(child, document);
      }
      return result;
    }
    default:
      throw new Error("Unsupported DOM node type");
  }
}

Alternatively, replace the case keyword with default if the code should execute if no other case would:

function colorToHexCode(color) {
  switch (color) {
    case 'red':   return '#ff0000';
    case 'green': return '#00ff00';
    case 'blue':  return '#0000ff';
    default:
      throw new Error(`unknown color ${color}`);
  }
}

Introduced in quick-lint-js version 0.2.0.

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