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      "Sebastian Raschka 04/2014\n",
      "\n",
      "#Timing different Implementations of palindrome functions"
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      "import re\n",
      "import timeit\n",
      "\n",
      "# All functions return True if an input string is a palindrome. Else returns False.\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "####\n",
      "#### case-insensitive ignoring punctuation characters\n",
      "####\n",
      "\n",
      "def palindrome_short(my_str):\n",
      "    stripped_str = \"\".join(l.lower() for l in my_str if l.isalpha())\n",
      "    return stripped_str == stripped_str[::-1]\n",
      "\n",
      "def palindrome_regex(my_str):\n",
      "    return re.sub('\\W', '', my_str.lower()) == re.sub('\\W', '', my_str[::-1].lower())\n",
      "\n",
      "####\n",
      "#### functions considering all characters (case-sensitive)\n",
      "####\n",
      "\n",
      "def palindrome_reverse1(my_str):\n",
      "    return my_str == my_str[::-1]\n",
      "\n",
      "def palindrome_reverse2(my_str):\n",
      "    return my_str == ''.join(reversed(my_str))\n",
      "\n",
      "def palindrome_recurs(my_str):\n",
      "    if len(my_str) < 2:\n",
      "        return True\n",
      "    if my_str[0] != my_str[-1]:\n",
      "        return False\n",
      "    return palindrome(my_str[1:-1])\n"
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      "test_str = \"Go hang a salami. I'm a lasagna hog.\"\n",
      "\n",
      "print('case-insensitive functions ignoring punctuation characters')\n",
      "%timeit palindrome_short(test_str)\n",
      "%timeit palindrome_regex(test_str)\n",
      "\n",
      "print('\\n\\nfunctions considering all characters (case-sensitive)')\n",
      "%timeit palindrome_reverse1(test_str)\n",
      "%timeit palindrome_reverse2(test_str)\n",
      "%timeit palindrome_recurs(test_str)\n"
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        "case-insensitive functions ignoring punctuation characters\n",
        "100000 loops, best of 3: 15.4 \u00b5s per loop"
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        "\n",
        "10000 loops, best of 3: 20.3 \u00b5s per loop"
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        "\n",
        "\n",
        "\n",
        "functions considering all characters (case-sensitive)\n",
        "1000000 loops, best of 3: 508 ns per loop"
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        "\n",
        "100000 loops, best of 3: 3 \u00b5s per loop"
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        "\n",
        "1000000 loops, best of 3: 509 ns per loop"
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        "\n"
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