TS2366

error TS2366: Function lacks ending return statement and return type does not include ‘undefined’.

Broken Code ❌

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export function getInterestRate(years: 1 | 2 | 3): number {
  switch (years) {
    case 1:
      return 1.75;
    case 2:
      return 2.96;
  }
}

Fixed Code ✔️

The switch-case statement isn’t handling all cases from every possible input. We can solve that by defining a default case:

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export function getInterestRate(years: 1 | 2 | 3): number {
  switch (years) {
    case 1:
      return 1.75;
    case 2:
      return 2.96;
    default:
      return 3;
  }
}

Another solution would be to implement the missing case for 3:

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export function getInterestRate(years: 1 | 2 | 3): number {
  switch (years) {
    case 1:
      return 1.75;
    case 2:
      return 2.96;
    case 3:
      return 3;
  }
}

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