wtime, a Python code which shows how to obtain readings of the wall clock time using time() or clock().
For parallel programming, the important thing to measure is the elapsed wallclock time. This can be found by subtracting an initial reading of the wallclock time from a final one.
In Python, wallclock time can be read using the time() function from the time module:
from time import time
t1 = time ( )
carry out operations to be timed
t2 = time ( ) - t1
print 'Operations completed after %g seconds' % ( t2 )
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wtime is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.
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