AbsoluteTiming

Evaluates an expression and reports the wall-clock time it took.

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AbsoluteTiming(expr)$\{seconds, value\}$: the wall-clock seconds spent evaluating $expr$, as a real number, and its value.

Typed signatures

Type	Package	Applies
(any) time -> any	combinatorics	always

Domain: Collections

Details

• $seconds$ is inherently nondeterministic (it depends on the machine and the moment) — the worked example below extracts just the value half with At, rather than pinning a timing figure.

Examples

Basic #

the value half of the result, extracted with At (seconds is not pinned)

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In$\mathrm{AbsoluteTiming}(1+2)[2]$Out$3$

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See also: Echo