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time -- time a computation

Synopsis

Usage:

time e

Description

time e evaluates e, prints the amount of cpu time used, and returns the value of e.

i1 : time 3^30
     -- used 0.000010698 seconds

o1 = 205891132094649

See also

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

For the programmer

The object time is a keyword.