Get timer ticks in Python

Question

I\'m just trying to time a piece of code. The pseudocode looks like:

start = get_ticks()
do_long_code()
print \"It took \" + (get_ticks() - start) + \" secon         


        

Answer 1

The time module in python gives you access to the clock() function, which returns time in seconds as a floating point.

Different systems will have different accuracy based on their internal clock setup (ticks per second) but it's generally at least under 20milliseconds, and in some cases better than a few microseconds.

-Adam