Get time of execution of a block of code in Python 2.7

Question

I would like to measure the time elapsed to evaluate a block of code in a Python program, possibly separating between user cpu time, system cpu time and elapsed time.

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Answer 1

I always use a decorator to do some extra work for a existing function, including to get the execution time. It is pythonic and simple.

import time

def time_usage(func):
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        beg_ts = time.time()
        retval = func(*args, **kwargs)
        end_ts = time.time()
        print("elapsed time: %f" % (end_ts - beg_ts))
        return retval
    return wrapper

@time_usage
def test():
    for i in xrange(0, 10000):
        pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
    test()