Added visual cues (emojis) when comparing intended vs actual output

ucompile

@@ -2,27 +2,63 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 from glob import glob
+import subprocess
 
 def run_input_cases(program, verbose, output=False, tests_dir="."):
     input_files = glob(os.path.join(tests_dir, "*.in"))
+    
     if len(input_files) < 1:
         return os.system(program)
+    
     for input_file in input_files:
         print(f"Running {input_file}")
         end_command = f"{program} < {input_file}"
+
+        with open(input_file, 'r') as f:
+            input_data = f.read()
+
+        out_file = input_file.replace(".in", ".out")
+        expected_output = None
+        if os.path.exists(out_file):
+            with open(out_file, 'r') as f:
+                expected_output = f.read()
+
+        result = subprocess.run(end_command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+        program_output = result.stdout
+
         if verbose:
             print("Input:")
-            os.system(f"cat {input_file}")
+            print(input_data)
             print("")
-        out_file = input_file.replace(".in", ".out")
-        if os.path.exists(out_file):
-            if verbose:
+            if expected_output is not None:
                 print("Expected output:")
-                os.system(f"cat {out_file}")
+                print(expected_output)
                 print("")
-            if output:
-                end_command += f" | diff {out_file} -"
-        print(os.popen(end_command).read())
+            print("Program output:")
+            print(program_output.strip())
+            print("")
+
+        
+        if output:
+            if expected_output is not None:
+                # Compare the outputs
+                if program_output == expected_output:
+                    print("✅")
+                else:
+                    print("❌")
+                    print("Expected output:")
+                    print(expected_output.strip())
+                    print("Program output:")
+                    print(program_output.strip())
+            else:
+                print("Expected output file not found; cannot compare outputs.")
+                if not verbose:
+                    print("Program output:")
+                    print(program_output.strip())
+        else:
+            if not verbose:
+                print(program_output.strip())
+
         print("-----------")
     return
 
@@ -65,6 +101,7 @@ def main():
         print("Unsupported language")
         return
 
+    # Use the specified tests directory or default to current directory
     tests_dir = args.tests if args.tests else "."
 
     if file_ext == ".c":