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    The document discusses using the GCOV and LCOV tools to generate code coverage statistics for a C++ program. It provides steps to compile a sample C++ program with coverage enabled, run the program to generate coverage data files, and then use LCOV to process the data files and generate an HTML report visualizing the code coverage results. The report identifies code lines that have been executed versus those that have not.

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    USING GCOV AND LCOV TO

    GENERATE BEAUTIFUL C++ CODE


    COVERAGE STATISTICS
    December 26, 2014subho#openSource, c++, code-coverage, cppagent, gcov, lcov
    We all know, testing is an important part of a project. But how efficient are
    your tests? How much of your codes have you tested? Here comes the role of
    code coverage tools. I recently got to work on a C++ project, and a code
    coverage tool (gcov and lcov) .

    In this post i have taken a sample C++ program and will be generating the
    code coverage stats for the same using gcov and lcov. Here is my sample
    C++ program link. Its pretty simple menu driven program that does simple
    mathematical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and
    division depending on users choice.
    In this demo i am not writing actual test-cases for the code but you can see
    the changes in the coverage graphs depending upon your choice.

    To start with we need to install gcov. Gcov comes with gcc compiler. So if you
    have gcc installed then gcov will work for you. Next you need to have lcov. I
    am working on Fedora 21, so for me its a yum install.

    1 $yum install lcov


    Next lets start with compiling our code. Here my source file name is
    menu.cpp

    1 $g++ -o menu.out --coverage menu.cpp


    The coverage option here is used to compile and link code needed for
    coverage analysis. You will find a menu.gcno file in the folder. Next we need
    to export two variables namely GCOV_PREFIX
    and GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP. Set GCOV_PREFIX to the folder you want the
    output files to be in.
    $ls

    menu.cppmenu.outmenu.gcnodata //youcanseethenewfilemenu.gcno
    For me , the project is in /home/subho/work/lab/zzz/ and inside this i
    have created a folder named data where i want the data files or .gcda file
    to be generated. so i set my GCOV_PREFIX to
    /home/subho/work/lab/zzz/data and the GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP equal to
    the the number of forward slashes or / in the path.
    1 $export GCOV_PREFIX="/home/subho/work/lab/zzz/data"
    1 $export GCOV_PREFIX_STRIP=6
    now lets simply run the code.

    1 $./menu.out
    1
    2 MENU
    3 1: Add
    4 2: Subtract
    5 3: Multiply
    4: Divide
    6 5: Exit
    7 Enter your choice :2
    8 Enter two numbers: 3 4
    9 Difference -1
    10 MENU
    1: Add
    11 2: Subtract
    12 3: Multiply
    13 4: Divide
    14 5: Exit
    Enter your choice :5
    15
    16
    Now we can see a menu.gcda file in data folder. Copy the .gcno file
    generated earlier to the data folder.
    1 $cd data
    2
    3 $ls
    4
    5 menu.gcda
    6
    7 $cp ../menu.gcno .
    8
    $ls
    9
    10
    menu.gcda menu.gcno
    11
    Now that we have all the necessary files lets use lcov to read the coverage
    output file generated by gcov.

    1 $lcov -t "result" -o ex_test.info -c -d .


    Here ex_test.info is my output file.
    -t sets a test name

    -o to specify the output file

    -c to capture the coverage data

    -d to specify the directory where the data files needs to be searched


    Now we will generate out html output for the statistics.

    1 $genhtml -o res ex_test.info


    -o To specify the output folder name.

    Now on doing ls, you can see a folder named res.


    $ls

    ex_test.infomenu.gcdamenu.gcnores
    Now its time to enjoy the fruits of your labor . Go into the res folder and

    start a server or you can simply open the index.html file in your web-
    browser.
    1 $cd res
    2 $python -m "SimpleHTTPServer" //to start a web-server or
    3 $firefox index.html //to open the index.html directly using firefox brows
    Now we can click on the links to check the code coverage stats.
    The Red lines are the ones not executed or uncovered region. The blue lines
    are the ones covered. Also you can look at the Line data section for the
    number of times the lines have been executed.
    You can look at these files in GitHub.

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