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elapsedTime -- time a computation using time elapsed

Synopsis

Usage:

elapsedTime e

Description

elapsedTime e evaluates e, prints the amount of time elapsed, and returns the value of e.

i1 : elapsedTime sleep 1
 -- 11.6132 seconds elapsed

o1 = 0

See also

elapsedTiming -- time a computation using time elapsed
cpuTime -- seconds of cpu time used since Macaulay2 began

For the programmer

The object elapsedTime is a keyword.