pytictoc 1.1.1

Time code using syntax similar to tic and toc in MATLAB

pytictoc contains a class TicToc which replicates the functionality of MATLAB’s tic and toc for easily timing sections of code. Under the hood, pytictoc uses Python’s time.perf_counter() on Python 3 and time.clock() on Python 2.

* INSTALLATION *

pytictoc can be installed via conda or pip.

conda: conda install pytictoc -c ecf

pip: pip install pytictoc

* USAGE *

>> from pytictoc import TicToc

>> t = TicToc() #create instance of class

>> t.tic() #Start timer

>> t.toc() #Time elapsed since t.tic() Elapsed time is 2.612231 seconds.

>> t.toc(‘It has been’) #alternative message It has been 16.494467 seconds.

>> t.toc(restart=True) #restart timer after reporting time Elapsed time is 36.986837 seconds.

>>t.toc() Elapsed time is 2.393425 seconds.

>>spam = t.tocvalue() #return elapsed time instead of printing >>spam 20.156261717544602