time travaller

[tony1812]

Hello, I am python newbie.

I would like to write a little code to keep track of a loop's start tim end end end time in seconds
pseudo code

import time
g_start_time = time.time() or time.clock()??? #store as global

while time:
    #do something
    end_time = time.time() or time.clock()??? #store as local
    if endtime - g_start_time == 4 #after loop excuted for 4 seconds
        #do foo
    else 
        #do bar

does this make sense? Als I am a bit confused the use of time.clock() and time.time(), in this case seems time.clock()maks more sense. Am I correct? Thanks

[metulburr]

i woudl suggest using the timeit module

[DeaD_EyE]

time.time() or time.clock()

This will always use time.time() because the value is never False (0.0).

[snippsat]

You set start and end time then subtract.
This way only make sense for longer running loop.
timeit as mention which is made for measuring execution times.

import time

start = time.clock()
for i in range(5):
    time.sleep(i)
end = time.clock()
print(f'Code time {end - start:.2f} seconds')

Output:
Code time 10.01 seconds