#!/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 a "supervisory" program that runs other tests multiple times and
# averages the elapsed times for each for comparision purposes.

# re_test1.rb and re_test2.rb must be in the same directory as this program
# (or the locations and paths have to be set appropriately) and all programs
# must be executable.

iterations = 10000

time_start = Time::now

etime1, etime2 = 0, 0

iterations.times do

  etime1 += `re_test1.rb`.chomp.to_f

  etime2 += `re_test2.rb`.chomp.to_f

end

puts iterations.to_s + " trials:"

puts "Test 1: " + (etime1 / iterations).to_s

puts "Test 2: " + (etime2 / iterations).to_s

puts "Test 2 / Test 1: " + ((etime2 / iterations) / (etime1 / iterations)).to_s

puts "Total time: " + (Time::now - time_start).to_s