On 3/16/11, tee chwee liong <tc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > hi, > > i would like to know the time taken to execute a certain task in python. i > used time.time and time.clock and i see the time taken is different? what is > the right method to use? > > import time > def testtime(num): > start=time.time() > #print start > for n in range(num): > #print n > print time.time()-start > > testtime(101) > > start = time.clock() > for x in range(101): > y = x # do something > end = time.clock() > print "Time clock elapsed = ", end - start, "seconds" > > thanks > tcl >
Also look into the builtin module 'timeit' if you're trying to benchmark things. -Modulok- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
