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cyclomatic complexity

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.

cyclomatic complexity [¦st·klə‚mad·ik kəm′plek·səd·ē]

(computer science)

A measure of the complexity of a software module, equal toe-n+ 2, whereeis the number of edges in the control flow graph andnis the number of nodes in this graph (that is, the cyclomatic number of the graph plus one).

(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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