What is Branch Testing?

Branch Testing

Testing designed to execute each outcome of each decision point in a computer program [IEEE610]. For every decision point in the code, each branch is chosen at least once.

Branch Testing Example

declare Height as integer 
declare Total as integer 
        GET Height; 
        GET Total; 
        WHILE (Total <= 6) LOOP 
            IF (Height >= 100) THEN 
                Height = Height - 2; 
            ELSE 
                Height = Total * Height; 
            END IF 
            Total = Total + 1; 
        END; 
        PRINT Height; 

Test Cases


More Examples of Branch Testing

This example has two branches to be executed:

IF ( x equals y) THEN
    statement one
ELSE
    statement two
END IF

This examples also has just two branches to be executed, despite the compound condition:

IF ( x equals y AND a greater than b ) THEN
    statement one
ELSE
    statement two
END IF

Also See:
Statement Coverage

Path Testing

Basis Path Testing