Why Analyze Code Line Length?
Consistent line lengths in your code lead to better readability and maintainability. Long lines can force horizontal scrolling and often indicate code that might benefit from refactoring or better formatting.

What This Tool Does:

• Splits your code into individual lines and calculates the length of each line.
• Computes overall metrics such as the total number of lines, minimum, maximum, and average line lengths.
• Calculates the standard deviation of line lengths to help assess consistency.
• Provides a detailed, line-by-line breakdown and highlights lines that exceed a user‑specified threshold (default is 80 characters).
• Generates a simple textual histogram where each '*' represents roughly 5 characters in a line, giving you a visual sense of line length distribution.

Example:
Given the following snippet:

function example() {
    console.log("This is a short line.");
    console.log("This is an example of a very long line that might exceed the recommended maximum length, making it hard to read or maintain.");
}
    

The tool might output:

Total Lines: 4
Minimum Line Length: 1 characters
Average Line Length: 75.00 characters
Maximum Line Length: 120 characters
Standard Deviation: 25.30

Detailed Line-by-Line Breakdown:
Line 1: 18 characters
Line 2: 42 characters
Line 3: 120 characters (Exceeds threshold!)
Line 4: 1 characters

Histogram of Line Lengths (each '*' ≈ 5 characters):
Line 1: **** (18)
Line 2: ********* (42)
Line 3: ******************** (120)
Line 4: * (1)
    

This detailed output provides not only a statistical summary but also a visual representation and a per‑line breakdown. It helps you quickly identify lines that may be too long and may require reformatting.