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+# Produce a table of verification case CPU times in Manuals/FDS_Verification_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/Scatterplots
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import csv
+
+curdir = os.getcwd()
+verdir = '../../Verification/'
+resdir = '../../Manuals/FDS_Verification_Guide/SCRIPT_FIGURES/Scatterplots/'
+resfile = resdir + 'fds_timing_stats.csv'
+
+with open(resfile, 'w') as f:
+    f.write('FDS Case,Wall Clock Time (s),CPU Time (s),Number of Cells,Number of Time Steps,Performance Metric (1e-6)\n')
+
+with open(verdir + 'FDS_Cases.sh', 'r') as casefile:
+    for line in casefile:
+        if line.strip().startswith('$QFDS'):
+            parts = line.split()
+            if '-d' in parts:
+                d_index = parts.index('-d')
+                if d_index + 2 < len(parts):
+                    subdir = parts[d_index + 1]
+                    fdsfile = parts[d_index + 2]
+
+                    # Extract base filename without extension
+                    fdsbase = verdir + subdir + '/' + os.path.splitext(fdsfile)[0]
+                    outfile = f"{fdsbase}.out"
+                    cpufile = f"{fdsbase}_cpu.csv"
+
+                    # Check if outfile exists, try alternate name if not
+                    if not os.path.exists(outfile):
+                        outfile = f"{fdsbase}_cat.out"
+                        if not os.path.exists(outfile):
+                            continue
+
+                    # Check if cpufile exists, try alternate name if not
+                    if not os.path.exists(cpufile):
+                        cpufile = f"{fdsbase}_cat_cpu.csv"
+                        if not os.path.exists(cpufile):
+                            continue
+                    
+                    # Grep for wall clock time
+                    WALL_CLOCK_TIME_VALUE = ""
+                    with open(outfile, 'r') as f:
+                        for line in f:
+                            if "Total Elapsed Wall Clock Time (s):" in line:
+                                WALL_CLOCK_TIME_VALUE = line.strip().split()[-1]
+                    
+                    # Grep for CPU time and units
+                    TOTAL_CPU_TIME = 0.0
+                    CPU_TIME_VALUES = []
+                    
+                    with open(cpufile, 'r') as f:
+                        lines = f.readlines()
+                        # Skip first line (header), process rest
+                        for line in lines[1:]:
+                            if line.strip():
+                                # Get last column (split by comma)
+                                parts = line.strip().split(',')
+                                if parts:
+                                    CPU_TIME_VALUES.append(parts[-1])
+                    
+                    # Process each CPU time value
+                    for j in CPU_TIME_VALUES:
+                        TOTAL_CPU_TIME += eval(j)
+                    
+                    CPU_TIME = TOTAL_CPU_TIME
+                    
+                    # Grep for number of cells in each dimension
+                    X_CELLS = []
+                    Y_CELLS = []
+                    Z_CELLS = []
+                    
+                    with open(outfile, 'r') as f:
+                        for line in f:
+                            if "Cells in the X" in line:
+                                X_CELLS.append(line.strip().split()[-1])
+                            elif "Cells in the Y" in line:
+                                Y_CELLS.append(line.strip().split()[-1])
+                            elif "Cells in the Z" in line:
+                                Z_CELLS.append(line.strip().split()[-1])
+                    
+                    numx = len(X_CELLS)
+                    
+                    # Sum over the number of cells (for multi-mesh cases)
+                    NUM_TOTAL_CELLS = 0
+                    for i in range(numx):
+                        XI = int(X_CELLS[i])
+                        YI = int(Y_CELLS[i])
+                        ZI = int(Z_CELLS[i])
+                        sumxyz = XI * YI * ZI
+                        NUM_TOTAL_CELLS += sumxyz
+                    
+                    # Grep for number of time steps
+                    NUM_TIME_STEPS = 0
+                    time_step_lines = []
+                    with open(outfile, 'r') as f:
+                        for line in f:
+                            if "Time Step     " in line:
+                                time_step_lines.append(line)
+                    
+                    if time_step_lines:
+                        # Get the last occurrence
+                        last_line = time_step_lines[-1]
+                        parts = last_line.strip().split()
+                        if len(parts) >= 5:
+                            # Get the 5th element from the end (NF-4 in awk)
+                            NUM_TIME_STEPS = int(parts[-5])
+                    
+                    # Calculate nondimensional performance metric
+                    # Skip over cases with no time steps
+                    if NUM_TIME_STEPS == 0:
+                        NUM_TIME_STEPS = 0
+                        PERFORMANCE = 0
+                    else:
+                        # Calculate performance metric
+                        PERFORMANCE = int(1000000 * TOTAL_CPU_TIME / (NUM_TOTAL_CELLS * NUM_TIME_STEPS))
+                    
+                    # Write results to fds_timing_stats.csv file
+                    with open(resfile, 'a', newline='') as f:
+                        csv_writer = csv.writer(f)
+                        csv_writer.writerow([fdsfile,WALL_CLOCK_TIME_VALUE,CPU_TIME,NUM_TOTAL_CELLS,NUM_TIME_STEPS,PERFORMANCE])
+
+
+# Sum up the wall clock times in the second column
+
+TOTAL_CPU_TIME = 0.0
+with open(resfile, 'r') as f:
+    lines = f.readlines()
+    for line in lines[1:]:
+        if line.strip():
+            fields = line.split(',')
+            if len(fields) >= 3:
+                j = fields[1].strip()
+                TOTAL_CPU_TIME = TOTAL_CPU_TIME + eval(j)
+
+# Get git short commit hash and append to tmpout
+
+git_hash = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], cwd=curdir, universal_newlines=True).strip()
+
+# Append git hash and total CPU time to fds_timing_stats.csv
+
+with open(resfile, 'a') as f:
+    f.write(git_hash + '\n')
+    f.write(str(TOTAL_CPU_TIME) + '\n')
+