Thread: Execution speed test in c++

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    Execution speed test in c++

    i have a c++ and java program which both work. I know what i need to do in java now but not c++. The program gets the work done, but how can i time it? All examples i seem to be getting to test the speed are unix specific. This is my program
    Code:
    #include "stdafx.h"
    #include <set>
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    class RInteger {
    private:
            int i;
    public:
            RInteger(int v) { i = v; }
            friend ostream& operator <<(ostream& o, const RInteger &ri);
            inline friend bool operator <(const RInteger a, const RInteger b);
    };
    
    ostream&
    operator <<(ostream& o, const RInteger &ri)
    {
            cout << ri.i;
            return o;
    }
    
    inline bool
    operator <(const RInteger a, const RInteger b)
    {
            return (b.i < a.i);
    }
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
            set <RInteger> s;
            int i;
            int rand = 10;
    
            for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
                    s.insert(RInteger(rand));
                    rand = rand * 1103515245 + 12345;
            }
            set<RInteger>::const_iterator si;
            for (i = 0, si = s.begin(); si != s.end(); i++, si++)
                    if (i % 100000 == 0)
                            cout << *si << '\n';
            return 0;
    }
    So somehow i need to print out the starting time, and the ending time of this program. How would i add this to my program which would work? (using windows vista, visual c++ 2008).
    cheers

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    You could use standard C functions in time.h like time() or clock(), but they probably aren't fast enough for your purposes.

    In that case, I will suggest this solution. It's accurate to a few milliseconds, but it's Windows-specific. http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showp...48&postcount=2
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