kTotalStrokes

kTotalStrokes is a naming convention seen in software that processes stroke-based input, such as handwriting recognition, gesture analysis, or digital drawing applications. The prefix k is often used in codebases to denote a constant, and TotalStrokes describes the total number of individual pen or stylus movements that comprise a gesture or character. In this sense, kTotalStrokes represents a fixed quantity associated with a specific data item or analysis result.

In practice, kTotalStrokes stores the total number of distinct strokes in a dataset, character, or gesture. A stroke is typically defined as a continuous pen-down segment; when the pen is lifted, a new stroke begins. Therefore, the total number of strokes equals the count of downward pen events separated by pen-up periods. If input data records pen state over time, you can compute kTotalStrokes by counting the transitions from pen up to pen down, plus one if a stroke starts at the beginning of the data.

Usage contexts include algorithm configuration, data validation, and resource allocation. Programmers may rely on kTotalStrokes to determine how many substructures to allocate, how to segment input for recognition, or how to measure gesture complexity. Because it often represents a property of a specific sample, kTotalStrokes is typically constant for a given item but may vary across a dataset.

Example: a handwritten digit consisting of three distinct strokes would have kTotalStrokes set to 3. Related terms include stroke count, gesture segmentation, and handwriting recognition metrics.