import re

import time

def main():

    s = "\13hello\14 \13world\14 " * 1000

    p = re.compile(r"([\13\14])")

    timefunc(10, p.sub, "", s)

    timefunc(10, p.split, s)

    timefunc(10, p.findall, s)

def timefunc(n, func, *args, **kw):

    t0 = time.clock()

    try:

        for i in range(n):

            result = func(*args, **kw)

        return result

    finally:

        t1 = time.clock()

        if n > 1:

            print n, "times",

        print func.__name__, "%.3f" % (t1-t0), "CPU seconds"

main()