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hi, <BR>
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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? <BR>
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import time<BR>
def testtime(num):<BR> start=time.time()<BR> #print start<BR> for n in range(num):<BR> #print n<BR> print time.time()-start<BR> <BR>testtime(101) <BR>
<BR>start = time.clock()<BR>for x in range(101):<BR> y = x # do something<BR>end = time.clock()<BR>print "Time clock elapsed = ", end - start, "seconds"<BR>
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thanks<BR>
tcl<BR>
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