pytictoc 1.2.0

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 3.3 and above and time.clock() on earlier versions.

INSTALLATION

pytictoc can be installed and updated via conda or pip.

pip

pip install pytictoc
pip install pytictoc --upgrade

conda

conda install pytictoc -c ecf
conda update pytictoc -c ecf

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