time - Time the execution of a script
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Description
This command will call the Tcl interpreter count times to evaluate script (or once if count is not
specified). It will then return a string of the form
503.2microsecondsperiteration
which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, in microseconds. Time is measured in
elapsed time, not CPU time.
Example
Estimate how long it takes for a simple Tcl for loop to count to a thousand:
time {
for {set i 0} {$i<1000} {incr i} {
# empty body
}
}
Keywords
script, time
Tcl time(3tcl)
Name
time - Time the execution of a script
See Also
clock(3tcl)
Synopsis
timescript ?count? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
