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cyclomatic complexity

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A measurement of the intricacy of a program module based on the number of repetitive cycles or loops that are made in the program logic. It is used as a general measure of complexity for software quality control as well as to determine the number of testing procedures.

(programming, testing)cyclomatic complexity - A measure of the number of linearly independent paths through a program module. Cyclomatic complexity is a measure for the complexity of code related to the number of ways there are to traverse a piece of code. This determines the minimum number of inputs you need to test all ways to execute the program.


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Visual Recap generates industry-standard metrics, such as function points and cyclomatic complexity, and then formats them into easy-to-read reports and charts that can help manage projects and verify the results.
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