timer

cpu time

Calling Sequence

timer()

Description

Returns the CPU time since the preceding call to timer().

timer has a time precision of 100 nanoseconds.

NOTE: CPU time is the number of processor cycles used for a computation. This is not at all equivalent to real-world time.

CPU time can be used to compare CPU usage between different programs or functions , irrespective of background processes that might slow down the computer.

Examples

timer();A=`rand`_(100,100);timer()

See Also

• getdate get date and time information
• toc Read the stopwatch timer
• tic start a stopwatch timer
• etime Elapsed time