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Overly complex function

Reports a function with too many branching points in a function (too high cyclomatic complexity). Such functions may be confusing and hard to test.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

-OverlyComplexFunctionJS
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Function metrics

Use the field provided below to specify the maximum acceptable cyclomatic complexity for a function.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly complex function inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Function complexity limit

10

Last modified: 11 September 2024