[Tutor] Timing a python program

[Alan Gauld]

On 16/01/15 05:02, CL Talk wrote:

> I am trying to see how I can time the whole program as well as various
> functions that are part of the program.
>

That's called profiling and there is a Python profiler.

Here's the official doc page

https://docs.python.org/2/library/profile.html

And here's the 'module of the week' description of using it:

http://pymotw.com/2/profile/


You might also find the timeit module handy.

hth
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