Measuring the time it takes for a function to run and complete in Python

Question

In Python 3.4.1, I\'m trying to measure how long it takes for a function to run and complete then recording it. I\'m currently doing it this like so:

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Answer 1

I generally use this decorator to time my functions:

import time                                                
def timeit(method):
    def timed(*args, **kw):
        ts = time.time()
        result = method(*args, **kw)
        te = time.time()
        print '%r (%r, %r) %2.2f sec' % \
              (method.__name__, args, kw, te-ts)
        return result

    return timed

@timeit
def timeme():
    time.sleep(3)

time.time() gives more precise time for benchmarks than time.clock() primarily because time.clock() measures CPU time. time.time() will return seconds passed since epoch (i.e. wall time), which is what you need.

Or you can also use timeit https://docs.python.org/3/library/timeit.html