cube-test.c

/*
 * cube-test.c
 * Copyright (C) 2017 Kevin Lyda <kevin@phrye.com>
 *
 * Distributed under terms of the GPL license.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

int
random_two_digit_number() {
  return (rand() % 90) + 10;
}

int
cube(int n) {
  return n * n * n;
}

int
read_number() {
  char buf[10];

  if (!fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin)) {
    return 0;
  }
  return atoi(buf);
}

typedef struct timer_struct {
  struct timeval then;
} timer_t;

void
start_timer(timer_t *timer) {
  gettimeofday(&timer->then, NULL);
}

long int
end_timer(timer_t *timer) {
  struct timeval now;
  long int delta;

  gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
  delta = (now.tv_sec - timer->then.tv_sec) * 1000000;
  delta += now.tv_usec - timer->then.tv_usec;

  return delta;
}

char *
humanize_usec(long int usec) {
  static char buf[40];
  if (usec < 1000) {
    sprintf(buf, "%ldus", usec);
  } else if (usec < 1000000) {
    sprintf(buf, "%.1fms", usec / 1000.0);
  } else {
    sprintf(buf, "%.2fs", usec / 1000000.0);
  }

  return buf;
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  int guess, number, iterations = 0, correct = 0;
  timer_t timer;
  long int delta, delta_total = 0;

  srand(time(NULL));

  while (1) {
    number = random_two_digit_number();
    printf("Number is %d. Cube root (0 to exit)? ", cube(number));
    start_timer(&timer);
    guess = read_number();
    delta = end_timer(&timer);
    if (guess == 0) {
      printf("Got %d correct out of %d.\n", correct, iterations);
      printf("Average time to answer was %s\n",
          humanize_usec(delta_total / iterations));
      exit(0);
    }
    iterations++;
    delta_total += delta;
    if (guess == number) {
      correct++;
      printf("Correct.\n");
    } else {
      printf("Not correct. Number was %d.\n", number);
    }
    printf("Took %s\n", humanize_usec(delta));
  }
}