Back to results
US 7,890,936 B2Granted
Method of reverse read code to locate useful information
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCary L. Bates, Jason J. Illg
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for reverse reading a computer program code to locate useful information includes receiving a selection of a line of the computer program code from a user, extracting one or more variables from the line of the computer program, searching the computer program code for one or more other lines of code that create and/or use the variables, and highlighting the other lines of code that create and/or use the variables.
Claims2
A method for reverse reading a computer program code to locate useful information, comprising:
- receiving a selection of a line of the computer program code from a user;
- extracting one or more variables from the line of the computer program;
- searching the computer program code for one or more other lines of code that create or use the variables;
- highlighting the one or more other lines of code that create and/or use the variables;
- and
- extracting a secondary variable from the other lines of code that create and/or use the variable;
- searching the computer program code for one or more other line of code that create and/or use the secondary variable;
- highlighting the other lines of code that create or use the secondary variable.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.