clock

clock

A function that can be used in Formulas.

Syntax and semantics

clock ( ): the number of seconds since system start-up, with microsecond precision.

   t = clock()

   for i to 1000

   endfor

   appendInfoLine: "Time elapsed: ", clock() - t, " seconds"

=>

   Time elapsed: 0.00017566699534654617 seconds

   t = clock()

   for i to 1000

   endfor

   timeElapsed = clock() - t

   appendInfoLine: "Time elapsed: ", fixed$ (1000 * timeElapsed, 3), " ms"

=>

   Time elapsed: 0.175 ms