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Duplicate code

In computer programming, duplicate code is multiple occurrences of equivalent source code in a codebase. A duplicate code fragment is also known as a code clone, and the process of finding clones in source code is called clone detection. Duplicate code has multiple undesirable aspects.

Cost, Fixing & Detecting

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Duplicate code

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples37
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

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Duplicate code

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related to External links · 12
Duplicate code → ActionScript, Alabama, ASPX, Birmingham, Code Clones LiteratureFinding, Java, Net, Python, Ruby, The University, VB, XAML
related to Cost · 10
Duplicate code → Abdulkhaleq, Clones, Code, Furthermore, However, Kaya, Refactoring, This, Wagner, When
related to Detecting · 8
Duplicate code → Baker's, Count, For, Karp, Locality-sensitive, Rabin, Using, Visual
related to Fixing · 2
Duplicate code → Duplicate, For
related to Emergence · 1
Duplicate code → Some

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
whitespaceinstance offragments that are not exactly the same text might be considered duplicate code if they match except for less important aspects0.80text
commentsinstance offragments that are not exactly the same text might be considered duplicate code if they match except for less important aspects0.80text
variable namesinstance offragments that are not exactly the same text might be considered duplicate code if they match except for less important aspects0.80text
simultaneous editinginstance ofparticularly if supported with user interface techniques0.80text
Duplicate coderelated to CostCode0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostWhen0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostRefactoring0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostThis0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostHowever0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostClones0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostFurthermore0.60section
Duplicate coderelated to CostWagner0.60section

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