computational-stopwatch 1.0.1

Simple stopwatch to easily print the elapsed time of a set of operations

Computational Stopwatch

Simple stopwatch to easily print the elapsed time of a set of operations. It's a minimalistic library, but it is very useful in many real cases.

Usage

The easiest way to use this tool is in conjunction with the with python statement.

>> from computational_stopwatch import Stopwatch
>>
>> with Stopwatch():
>>  time.sleep(3) # <- simulates a long computation 
Elapsed time 0:00:03.003106

anything within the scope of the with statement will count against the elapsed time. An optional task name to be printed along the elapsed time (e.g. for better identification in a log) can be set in the constructor.

Alternatively, the class can be directly instantiated and the print function explicitly called.

>> sw = Stopwatch()
>> time.sleep(3)
>> sw.print_elapsed_time()
Elapsed time 0:00:03.003280

The start time can be reset with the reset_time function and the get_elapsed_time method returns the unformatted elapsed time, which is useful for numerical comparisons.

Versions History

v1.0.1

• minor fixes

v1.0.0

• first reelease