@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ can be used to compare three different expressions:
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30- $ python -m timeit'"-" .join(str(n) for n in range(100))'
30+ $ python -m timeit"'-' .join(str(n) for n in range(100))"
3131 10000 loops, best of 5: 30.2 usec per loop
32- $ python -m timeit'"-" .join([str(n) for n in range(100)])'
32+ $ python -m timeit"'-' .join([str(n) for n in range(100)])"
3333 10000 loops, best of 5: 27.5 usec per loop
34- $ python -m timeit'"-" .join(map(str, range(100)))'
34+ $ python -m timeit"'-' .join(map(str, range(100)))"
3535 10000 loops, best of 5: 23.2 usec per loop
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@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ It is possible to provide a setup statement that is executed only once at the be
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280- $ python -m timeit -s' text =" sample string" ; char ="g"' ' char in text'
280+ $ python -m timeit -s" text =' sample string' ; char ='g'" " char in text"
281281 5000000 loops, best of 5: 0.0877 usec per loop
282- $ python -m timeit -s' text =" sample string" ; char ="g"' ' text.find(char)'
282+ $ python -m timeit -s" text =' sample string' ; char ='g'" " text.find(char)"
283283 1000000 loops, best of 5: 0.342 usec per loop
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316- $ python -m timeit' try:' ' str.__bool__' ' except AttributeError:' ' pass'
316+ $ python -m timeit" try:" " str.__bool__" " except AttributeError:" " pass"
317317 20000 loops, best of 5: 15.7 usec per loop
318- $ python -m timeit' if hasattr(str," __bool__" ): pass'
318+ $ python -m timeit" if hasattr(str,' __bool__' ): pass"
319319 50000 loops, best of 5: 4.26 usec per loop
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321- $ python -m timeit' try:' ' int.__bool__' ' except AttributeError:' ' pass'
321+ $ python -m timeit" try:" " int.__bool__" " except AttributeError:" " pass"
322322 200000 loops, best of 5: 1.43 usec per loop
323- $ python -m timeit' if hasattr(int," __bool__" ): pass'
323+ $ python -m timeit" if hasattr(int,' __bool__' ): pass"
324324 100000 loops, best of 5: 2.23 usec per loop
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