timer

Syntax

timer{

<statement block>;

}

or

timer (X){

<statement block>;

}

Arguments

For the second scenario, X is a positive integer indicating the number of times to execute the specified statement block consecutively (not in parallel).

Details

Return the execution time of the specified statements.

Examples

$ x=rand(10.0, 1000000);

$ timer x*2;
Time elapsed: 3 ms

$ timer(10){x*2};
Time elapsed: 35.004 ms