Code Complexity calculation on our Backend Programming Simulator

Code Complexity calculation on our Backend Programming Simulator


At Mercer | Mettl, the Code Complexity Score on CodeLysis is calculated as the inverse of a test-taker's Cyclomatic Complexity score. This score enables hiring managers to make better and more informed decisions that are not just based on the accuracy of the code written by the test-taker.

A test-taker’s report (who has attempted a code snippet question), contains the following details:
  1. Total Marks scored by the test-taker
  2. Coding Language Selected
  3. Details of passed and failed test cases
  4. Test-taker Code Playback
  5. Code Complexity Score
What is Code Complexity and How is Code Complexity calculated

The Code Complexity score is the inverse of a test-taker's Cyclomatic Complexity score. 

Cyclomatic Complexity is a software metric used to indicate the complexity of a program. It is a count of the number of decisions in the programmer’s code. Therefore, the higher the value, the more complex the code.

Code Complexity is calculated as = 100 - Cyclomatic Complexity score 

Hence, the less complex the test-taker’s code is, the higher will be their Code Complexity score and vice versa.

We at Mercer | Mettl currently support the calculation of Code Complexity Score on our backend programming simulator i.e., CodeLysis for all coding languages except for the following:
  1. C 
  2. C++ 
  3. C#
  4. VB.Net
  5. PHP
For all other languages, the score would be currently reflected as 0.