#!/usr/bin/perl use Benchmark; sub double { $teststring = ''; if( $teststring ne "" ) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } sub single { $teststring = ''; if( $teststring ne '' ) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } timethese( 1000000, { double => 'double( )', single => 'single( )' } );