#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Benchmark; my $uclc = shift or Usage(); my $infile = shift or Usage(); my $outfile = shift or Usage(); my $iterations = shift || 10; Usage() unless ($uclc eq 'lc' or 'uc'); timethese($iterations, { original => sub { setup(); original(); teardown(); }, Masem_1 => sub { setup(); Masem_1(); teardown(); }, Masem_2 => sub { setup(); Masem_2(); teardown(); }, clemburg => sub { setup(); clemburg(); teardown(); }, }); sub original { my @in = ; my @munged; for(@in) { my $munged = lc() if ($uclc eq 'lc'); $munged = uc() if ($uclc eq 'uc'); push @munged, $munged; } print OUT for(@munged); } sub Masem_1 { my @in = ; @in = map { $uclc eq 'lc' ? lc : uc } @in; print OUT for(@in); } sub Masem_2 { my @in = ; @in = $uclc eq 'lc' ? map { lc } @in : map { uc } @in; print OUT for(@in); } sub clemburg { while () { my $munged = lc() if ($uclc eq 'lc'); $munged = uc() if ($uclc eq 'uc'); print OUT $munged; } } sub setup { open (IN, "< $infile") or die "Error opening $infile for read: $!"; open (OUT, "> $outfile") or die "Error opening $outfile for write: $!"; } sub teardown { close IN or die "Error closing $infile after write: $!"; close OUT or die "Error closing $outfile after write: $!"; } ###################################################### sub Usage { die "\n Usage: uclc.pl (lc|uc) infile outfile\n"; } ######################################################