Knots is one of the source-code metrics Understand computes across 17+ languages — browse them in the GUI, export and track them, or script them with the Python API.
Knots
API ID: KnotsLanguages: Ada, C#, C++, Java, Rust
Targets: Functions, Packages, Subprograms
Measure of overlapping jumps.
If a piece of code has arrowed lines indicating where every jump in the flow of control occurs, a knot is defined as where two such lines cross each other. The number of knots is proportional to the complexity of the control flow.
Targets By Language:
- Ada: Type, Entry, Function, Package, Procedure, Protected, Task
- C#: Method
- C++: Function
- Java: Method
- Rust: Function
- This metric can be enabled from "Project Configuration/Metrics/Complexity" with the "Knots" option.