Average Blank Lines (Includes Inactive)

API ID: AvgCountLineBlankWithInactive
Languages: C++
Targets: Classes, Files

Average number of blank lines for all nested functions or methods, including inactive regions.

Unlike Average Blank Lines, this counts each function's blank lines inside inactive #if/#ifdef regions too, before averaging. Only functions and methods that are actually defined (not just declared) directly inside the container count towards the average, and the result rounds to the nearest whole number.

For example:

class SayHello {
public:
  SayHello() {}
  void printHello();
};

void SayHello::printHello() {
  ...
}

void cyclomaticDemo() {
  ...
}

int func();
int main() {
  ...
}

SayHello() has 0 blank lines (including inactive) and SayHello::printHello() has 2 (one of its blank lines falls inside an inactive #ifdef block), so class SayHello's average is Average(0, 2) = 1. The file also includes cyclomaticDemo() (2) and main() (5, which also has an inactive blank line): Average(0, 2, 2, 5) = 2.25, which rounds to 2.

See Blank Lines (Includes Inactive) for the per-function count this averages.

Targets By Language:

• C++: File, Class, Struct, Union

Configuration:

• This metric can be disabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Lines and Statements" with the "Show line count metrics" option.
• This metric can be enabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Lines and Statements" with the "Include inactive lines" option.