diff --git a/examples/full_evolution_with_plot.py b/examples/full_evolution_with_plot.py
index 02cf4fd511e78ba83a9a55abd5d965882c833b0f..db31057cb9a9a44a537856c0b67edd7b0a9b22cc 100644
--- a/examples/full_evolution_with_plot.py
+++ b/examples/full_evolution_with_plot.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
import os, sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import binary_c
-
# Append root dir of this project to include functionality
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()))
+import binary_c
+
from utils.defaults import physics_defaults
from utils.functions import create_arg_string
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ results = example_with_loading_default_args()
plt.plot(results['time'], results['mass'])
plt.plot(results['time'], results['mass2'])
plt.xscale('log')
-plt.show()
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+plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/simple_test.py b/examples/simple_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75191f5bcc984c7a8df7430b2d36721ce987e726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Append root dir of this project to include functionality
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.getcwd()))
+import binary_c
+
+from utils.defaults import physics_defaults
+from utils.functions import create_arg_string
+
+
+def run_test_binary():
+ m1 = 15.0 # Msun
+ m2 = 14.0 # Msun
+ separation = 0 # 0 = ignored, use period
+ orbital_period = 4530.0 # days
+ eccentricity = 0.0
+ metallicity = 0.02
+ max_evolution_time = 15000
+ buffer = ""
+ # argstring = "binary_c M_1 {0:g} M_2 {1:g} separation {2:g} orbital_period {3:g} eccentricity {4:g} metallicity {5:g} max_evolution_time {6:g} ".format(m1,m2,separation,orbital_period,eccentricity,metallicity,max_evolution_time)
+
+ argstring = f"binary_c M_1 {m1} M_2 {m2} separation {separation} orbital_period {orbital_period} eccentricity {eccentricity} metallicity {metallicity} max_evolution_time {max_evolution_time}"
+
+ output = binary_c.run_binary(argstring)
+
+ # print ("Binary_c output:\n\n")
+ print (output)
+
+run_test_binary()
diff --git a/snippets/d.py b/snippets/d.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea3c6bdf3dcec9316ea339a28a430f4ea8716afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/d.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import multiprocessing
+import time
+
+
+def doubler(number):
+ return number ** 2
+
+def count(number):
+ nr = 0
+ for i in range(number):
+ nr += i
+ return number
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ numbers = range(2, 100000)
+ pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=6)
+ # print()
+
+ rs = pool.map_async(pool.map(count, numbers), range(len(numbers)))
+ pool.close() # No more work
+ while (True):
+ if (rs.ready()): break
+ remaining = rs._number_left
+ print("Waiting for", remaining, "tasks to complete...")
+ time.sleep(0.5)
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diff --git a/snippets/mp2.py b/snippets/mp2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7c9bc0653af00e95ccea144ce2918bf41fdbbf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/mp2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import time
+
+def basic_func(x):
+ if x == 0:
+ return 'zero'
+ elif x%2 == 0:
+ return 'even'
+ else:
+ return 'odd'
+
+starttime = time.time()
+for i in range(0,10):
+ y = i*i
+ time.sleep(2)
+ print('{} squared results in a/an {} number'.format(i, basic_func(y)))
+
+print('That took {} seconds'.format(time.time() - starttime))
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diff --git a/snippets/mp3.py b/snippets/mp3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e7b748bb44658a1e793b63e677c1a8e8f0ed4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/mp3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import time
+import multiprocessing
+
+def basic_func(x):
+ if x == 0:
+ return 'zero'
+ elif x%2 == 0:
+ return 'even'
+ else:
+ return 'odd'
+
+def multiprocessing_func(x):
+ y = x*x
+ time.sleep(2)
+ print('{} squared results in a/an {} number'.format(x, basic_func(y)))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ starttime = time.time()
+ processes = []
+ for i in range(0,100):
+ p = multiprocessing.Process(target=multiprocessing_func, args=(i,))
+ processes.append(p)
+ p.start()
+
+ for process in processes:
+ process.join()
+
+ print('That took {} seconds'.format(time.time() - starttime))
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diff --git a/snippets/mp3_pool.py b/snippets/mp3_pool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b40efd977f4af9006499cdd597f02e808d39dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/mp3_pool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import time
+import multiprocessing
+# https://medium.com/@urban_institute/using-multiprocessing-to-make-python-code-faster-23ea5ef996ba
+def basic_func(x):
+ if x == 0:
+ return 'zero'
+ elif x%2 == 0:
+ return 'even'
+ else:
+ return 'odd'
+
+def multiprocessing_func(x):
+ y = x*x
+ time.sleep(2)
+ print('{} squared results in a/an {} number'.format(x, basic_func(y)))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+ starttime = time.time()
+ pool = multiprocessing.Pool()
+ pool.map(multiprocessing_func, range(0,10))
+ pool.close()
+ print('That took {} seconds'.format(time.time() - starttime))
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diff --git a/snippets/multiprocessing_test.py b/snippets/multiprocessing_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c56076fb430a1cfc344113f2d29ba33acac3ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/multiprocessing_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+import time
+import sys
+
+def reader_proc(queue):
+ ## Read from the queue; this will be spawned as a separate Process
+ while True:
+ msg = queue.get() # Read from the queue and do nothing
+ if (msg == 'DONE'):
+ break
+
+def writer(count, queue):
+ ## Write to the queue
+ for ii in range(0, count):
+ queue.put(ii) # Write 'count' numbers into the queue
+ queue.put('DONE')
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+ pqueue = Queue() # writer() writes to pqueue from _this_ process
+ for count in [10**4, 10**5, 10**6]:
+ ### reader_proc() reads from pqueue as a separate process
+ reader_p = Process(target=reader_proc, args=((pqueue),))
+ reader_p.daemon = True
+ reader_p.start() # Launch reader_proc() as a separate python process
+
+ _start = time.time()
+ writer(count, pqueue) # Send a lot of stuff to reader()
+ reader_p.join() # Wait for the reader to finish
+ print("Sending {0} numbers to Queue() took {1} seconds".format(count,
+ (time.time() - _start)))
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