How is Cyclomatic Complexity calculated?

Cyclomatic complexity in CodeScan is calculated by the number of decision points in a method.

For example, the below method would have a cyclomatic complexity of 5.

public void newMethod() {
     for(Integer i = 0; i < 100; i++){
      if (a == b && b == c){
        doStuff();
      } else if(a != b) {
        doOtherStuff();
      }
     }
   }

This counts:

• The entry to the method

• The entry to the for loop

• The if statement and the first conditional

• The second conditional in the if statement

• The elseif statement

This does not include:

• else statements

• when else in switch statements

The cyclomatic complexity for a class will be the average complexity between all methods in that class.