gitlab-org / blob-examples - Conditional Complexity

Intro

Conditional complexity (also called cyclomatic complexity) is a term used to measure the complexity of software. The term refers to the number of possible paths through a program function. A higher value ofter means higher maintenance and testing costs (infosecinstitute.com).
Conditional complexity is calculated by counting all conditions in the program that can affect the execution path (e.g. if statement, loops, switches, and/or operators, try and catch blocks...).
Conditional complexity is measured at the unit level (methods, functions...).
Units are classified in four categories based on the measured McCabe index: 1-5 (simple units), 6-10 (medium complex units), 11-25 (complex units), 26+ (very complex units).

Conditional Complexity Overall

Legend:

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Alternative Visuals

Conditional Complexity per Extension

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Conditional Complexity per Logical Component

primary logical decomposition

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Most Complex Units

Top 17 most complex units

Unit	# lines	McCabe index	# params
<=> in programming/ruby/version_info.rb	19	10	1
valid? in programming/ruby/version_info.rb	3	4	0
popen in programming/ruby/popen.rb	23	4	2
self.parse in programming/ruby/version_info.rb	7	3	1
to_s in programming/ruby/version_info.rb	7	2	0
constructor() in programming/js/branch.js	4	1	1
initialize in programming/ruby/version_info.rb	5	1	3
username_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
project_name_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
name_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
path_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
archive_formats_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
git_reference_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	19	1	0
default_regex in programming/ruby/regex.rb	3	1	0
initialize in programming/rdoc/rdoc-example.rb	2	1	1
method_name in programming/rdoc/rdoc-example.rb	2	1	3
update_counters in programming/rdoc/rdoc-example.rb	7	1	2