CODE CLONE DETECTION: A REVIEW AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract Copying, modification of a code block is recognized as cloning is the general mean of software usage. It is mostly utilized in the community of software development. The main objective of code clone detection is the identification of code clone with the replacement with a unique function that mimics the single instance behaviour from the clone set. In the last decade, the detection of code duplication is resulted into different tool that finds the duplication of code blocks. This paper discusses the varied methods of code clone detection with tools and the techniques. The process of clone detection with the removal is also discussed. Keywords: Code clone, code clone detection, code clone removal.