I use this code often:
import time start = time.time() for i in range(1000): i ** 2000 end = time.time() - start print(end)
This gives the time a block of code took to execute.
I’m trying to turn that process into one or two functions but I’m having a hard time conceptualizing it.
Something like this but it always gives 0.0:
def start_timer(): return time.time() def stop_timer(): return time.time() - start_timer() start_timer() for i in range(1000): i ** 2000 print(stop_timer())
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Answer
start_timer
returns the starting time, You need to save it inside a variable.
import time def start_timer(): return time.time() def stop_timer(t): return time.time()-t t = start_timer() for i in range(1000): i ** 2000 print(stop_timer(t)) # IF you need to use this again then simple do this t = start_timer() for a in range(10000): a**100 print(stop_timer(t))