Overly complex arithmetic expression

Reports arithmetic expressions with the excessive number of terms. Such expressions might be hard to understand and might contain errors.

Parameters, field references, and other primary expressions are counted as a term.

Example:

int calc(int a, int b) {
        return a + a + a + b + b + b + b; // The line contains 7 terms and will be reported.
    }

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.

OverlyComplexArithmeticExpression

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 | Java | Numeric issues

Use the field below to specify a number of terms allowed in arithmetic expressions.

Inspection options

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

Maximum number of terms: 6

Availability

By default bundled with: IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,
Can be installed with plugin: Java, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024