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time(3tcl) | Tcl Built-In Commands | time(3tcl) |
NAME¶
time - Time the execution of a scriptSYNOPSIS¶
time script ?count?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 form503.2 microseconds per iteration
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 } }
SEE ALSO¶
clock(3tcl)KEYWORDS¶
script, timeTcl |