Turn off cyclmatic complexity in JSHint

Question

I am using JSHint and I want to turn off cyclomatic complexity.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

Let's say our function is named x. Then we should just write this :

function x () {
    /*jshint maxcomplexity:6 */
}

Where 6 is number js hint usually says it in console like this:

static/desktop.blocks/days/days.js: line 57, col 27, This function's cyclomatic complexity is too high. (6)

Answer 2

I tried at the top of my file to put the following:

/*jshint maxcomplexity:0 */

And was told

Expected a small integer or 'false' and instead saw '0'.

So then tried the following

/*jshint maxcomplexity:false */

And found that it does turn off the cyclomatic complexity warnings.

Answer 3

We can turn off the cyclomatic complexity of functions in jshint via the config file .jshintrc like this:

"maxcomplexity" : false,       // {int} Max cyclomatic complexity per function

Answer 4

Beware. JSHint does not compute cyclomatic complexity correctly. Example:

function result(a, b, c) {
  return a || b || c;
}

Complexity here is 1; no branches, no loops. JSHint errors if you set maxcomplexity to less than 3. The REPL at http://www.jshint.com also reports 3.