Variable metrics

PicInfo sample application v1.0 <2005-11-28>

Variable	READS	WRITES	RW	FLOWS	VARUSR	LENVgm
PicBMP.BMPType	2	3	5	6	1	7
PicBMP.CoreHeader	5	1	6	5	1	10
PicBMP.InfoHeader	6	1	7	6	1	10
PicBMP.IsRLE	0	2	2	0	1	5
PicBMP.StoredFilename	1	0	1	0	1	14
PicGIF.FileOK	3	2	5	6	1	6
PicGIF.LogicalScreenDescriptor	5	1	6	5	1	23
PicGIF.MaxColors	1	1	2	1	1	9
PicGIF.Signature	5	1	6	5	1	9
PicGIF.StoredFilename	1	1	2	1	1	14
PicMain.ProgramTitle	1	1	2	1	2	12

Summary

Variable metric	Name	Average	Min	Max	Outliers	Description
READS	Reads from variable	2.7	0	6	-	Number of read instructions from variable.
WRITES	Writes to variable	1.3	0	3	-	Number of write instructions to variable.
RW	Reads and writes	4.0	1	7	-	Number of reads and writes. A single instruction may count both as a read and as a write. RW=READS+WRITES
FLOWS	Data flows	3.3	0	6	-	Number of data flows into and out of a variable. FLOWS=READS*WRITES
VARUSR	Variable users	1.1	1	2	>1	Number of modules that use a variable.
LENVgm	Length of variable name	10.8	5	23	-	Length of variable name in characters.