#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# This is one of several little programs to attempt to test the speed of
# various means of using an RE to search a string.

# This is the default case, which simply checks the string using the RE.

# "[" is ASCII 91

s1 = "This is a test."
s2 = "Wednesday is another day."
s3 = "---*** A Possible Heading"
s4 = "   * A possible list item"
s5 = "A long string with a link hidden within, in other words, [[Web.WikiHome][a link]]."

# The following RE is not exactly correct, but I think it will serve for test purposes.

# Similar to re_test6.rb, but (1) not finished, and (2) intending to use a 
# destructive slice instead of a substring approach.  At the moment, I can't
# imagine this is faster than re_test6.rb, and that is so much slower than the
# pure RE approach, I'm not going to pursue this.

time_start = Time::now

10000.times do

  for i in (0..s1.length-6) do
    if s1[0] == 91  
      s1 =~ /\A\[\[(([A-Z]\w*)\.)?(.*)(#([A-Z]\w*))?\](\[(.*)\])?\]/
    else
      s1.slice!(0)
    end
  end


x=1
if x==0
  puts "True"
  puts "Wednesday"
else
  puts "False"
  puts "Wednesday"
end



end

puts (Time::now - time_start).to_s
puts $&