[Swedky]

Well, in this tutorial I will teach them to how doing speed tests in our codes.
The first thing that we must know is what we are going to use:

• A variable:
  • With her we will store values with....

• GetTickCount:
  • In him the variables will be stored. (GetTickCount returns values in milliseconds).

Probably wonder: And how is it possible to do speed tests in the codes? The response is simple: SA-MP runs in an alone thread, with this I refer that the actions execute 1 for 1. Or, an action is executed by a certain moment, on having finished this moment the following one is executed and so on.

Let's see the following example:

pawn Код:

public OnFilterScriptInit()
{
    new count = GetTickCount();
    for(new i = 0; i < 50; i++)
    {
        SendRconCommand("gmx");
    }
    printf("Time in executing: %i.", GetTickCount()-count);
    return 1;
}

Do this test of speed and compare the results with this one:

pawn Код:

public OnFilterScriptInit()
{
    new count = GetTickCount();
    for(new i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        SendRconCommand("gmx");
    }
    printf("Time in executing: %i.", GetTickCount()-count);
    return 1;
}

They will notice that the result is very much minor that the previous one.

These are my results:

pawn Код:

// Loop of 50 repetitions:
[23:03:50] Time in executing: 73.
[23:03:55] Time in executing: 86.
[23:04:02] Time in executing: 80.
// Rounding: 79


// Loop of 10 repetitions:
[23:09:16] Time in executing: 18.
[23:09:21] Time in executing: 22.
[23:09:29] Time in executing: 17.
// Rounding: 19.

Do they see the notable thing that is the difference?
Now already we know how to do the speed tests.

Here another example: using a normal loop and foreach:

pawn Код:

// Using a normal loop:

CMD:test(playerid, params[])
{
    new count = GetTickCount();
    new string[60];
    new Nick[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid, Nick, sizeof(Nick));
    format(string, sizeof(string), "* Your principal information: %s[%d].", Nick, playerid);
    for(new i = 0; i < GetMaxPlayers(); i++)
    {
        if(IsPlayerAdmin(i))
        {
            SendClientMessage(i, -1, string);
        }
    }
    printf("Time in executing: %i.", GetTickCount()-count);
    return 1;
}


// Using foreach:

CMD:test2(playerid, params[])
{
    new count = GetTickCount();
    new string[60];
    new Nick[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid, Nick, sizeof(Nick));
    format(string, sizeof(string), "* Your principal information: %s[%d].", Nick, playerid);
    foreach(new i: Player)
    {
        if(IsPlayerAdmin(i))
        {
            SendClientMessage(i, -1, string);
        }
    }
    printf("Time in executing: %i.", GetTickCount()-count);
    return 1;
}

My results:

pawn Код:

[23:52:04] Time in executing (normal loop): 75.
[23:52:16] Time in executing (normal loop): 83.
[23:52:17] Time in executing (normal loop): 87.

[23:52:18] Time in executing (foreach): 22.
[23:52:19] Time in executing (foreach): 26.
[23:52:20] Time in executing (foreach): 17.

Note: I used '500' slot's to differentiate well the results.

I hope that it has served them.
If have some doubt, or I have been wrong in something make it know.


Regards.