no_adjacent_strings_in_list

Don't use adjacent strings in a list literal.

The analyzer produces this diagnostic when two string literals are adjacent in a list literal. Adjacent strings in Dart are concatenated together to form a single string, but the intent might be for each string to be a separate element in the list.

The following code produces this diagnostic because the strings 'a' and 'b' are adjacent:

List<String> list = ['a' 'b', 'c'];

If the two strings are intended to be separate elements of the list, then add a comma between them:

List<String> list = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

If the two strings are intended to be a single concatenated string, then either manually merge the strings:

List<String> list = ['ab', 'c'];

Or use the + operator to concatenate the strings:

List<String> list = ['a' + 'b', 'c'];

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