[Tutor] now = ctime()[11:20]

[Luke Paireepinart]

Sorry the iPhone email client is terrible. It sent the previous email before I was done writing it. Anyway, the timeit module is available whenever you want to profile something and determine how long it takes to run.

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On Jul 17, 2010, at 1:32 AM, "Richard D. Moores" <rdmoores at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please see <http://tutoree7.pastebin.com/azLrNL0n>
> 
> Foolishly, without thinking it through, I expected the 2 prints to
> show different times. I understood right away why they were identical,
> but then I began to wonder how to create an "alias" for
> "ctime()[11:20]" so I wouldn't have to keep typing or pasting it.
> "now" would be fine. But how to get it to execute ctime()?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dick Moores
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