#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Benchmark::Forking qw( timethese cmpthese ); # UnixOS
# use Benchmark qw(:all) ; # WindowsOS

my @preserved = @ARGV;

sub test_grep {
    @ARGV = @preserved; # restore original @ARGV
    my @matched = grep { $_ =~ /AGGT/ } <>;

    if (@matched) {
    for(@matched) { chomp $_;
            print "Grep: " . length($_) . "\n";}
    }
    close ARGV if eof;
}

sub test_while {
    @ARGV = @preserved; # restore original @ARGV
    my $count;
    while (<>) {
    if ($_ =~ /^>hsa/){
        chomp (my $line = <>);
        $count .= length($line);
        $count .= " ";
    }
    } continue {
    close ARGV if eof; # reset $. each file
    }
    print "While: " . $count . "\n";
}

my $results = timethese(2, { Grep => \&test_grep, While => \&test_whil
+e }, 'none');
cmpthese( $results );
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