modified_test_script_for_dracos.py

from datetime import datetime
from time import clock
# the python docs say to use time.clock() for benchmarking. it returns seconds.

def datetime_period():
    testvar2='9.00'
    print "Testing with datetime measurement, test variable %s" % testvar2
    startTime = datetime.now()
    join=[]
    filehandle=open('testwriting.txt','w')
    for var in range(10000000):
        join.append(testvar2)
    "".join(join)
    print (datetime.now() - startTime) #3.01 seconds   
    filehandle.write("".join(join))
    filehandle.close()
    print (datetime.now() - startTime) #8.9 seconds.

def datetime_a():
    testvar2='9a00'
    print "Testing with datetime measurement, test variable %s" % testvar2
    startTime = datetime.now()
    join=[]
    filehandle=open('testwriting.txt','w')
    for var in range(10000000):
        join.append(testvar2)
    "".join(join)
    print (datetime.now() - startTime) #3.01 seconds   
    filehandle.write("".join(join))
    filehandle.close()
    print (datetime.now() - startTime) #8.9 seconds.

def clock_period():
    testvar2='9.00'
    print "Testing with clock measurement, test variable %s" % testvar2
    startTime = clock()
    join=[]
    filehandle=open('testwriting.txt','w')
    for var in range(10000000):
        join.append(testvar2)
    "".join(join)
    print (clock() - startTime) #3.01 seconds   
    filehandle.write("".join(join))
    filehandle.close()
    print (clock() - startTime) #8.9 seconds.

def clock_a():
    testvar2='9a00'
    print "Testing with clock measurement, test variable %s" % testvar2
    startTime = clock()
    join=[]
    filehandle=open('testwriting.txt','w')
    for var in range(10000000):
        join.append(testvar2)
    "".join(join)
    print (clock() - startTime) #3.01 seconds   
    filehandle.write("".join(join))
    filehandle.close()
    print (clock() - startTime) #8.9 seconds.

def main():
    datetime_period()
    datetime_a()
    clock_period()
    clock_a()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()