On Monday 26 December 2005 17:32, Mark Nutter wrote: > --- johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 26 December 2005 12:51, > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Is there a way to measure how long a routine is > > > > taking? I'd like > > > > > > to see how > > > > much time a routine is taking and see if I can > > > > improve the > > > > > > performance by > > > > changing the code. > > > > > > Check out the Microseconds function. From there, > > > > you remember the > > > > > value of Microseconds at the beginning of the sub, > > > > and check it at > > > > > the end, do some subtracting, and you have elapsed > > > > time in microseconds. > > > > that will work but I was hoping for something that > > listed the time for each > > statement. Thanks > > If you're on a Mac you could use a profiling app like > Shark. (Good luck figuring out the interface tho! ;) > > I'm being a bit facetious--if you are on a Mac and > need help with Shark, let me know. I'm no expert, but > I've figured out a little bit of the GUI and I can > tell you how to get timing figures on the subroutines > at least. > > > Mark Nutter > Thanks Mark but I'm on a Linux or Windows box. But you did start me thinking about maybe there is some Linux tool. I'll check into it. Maybe Shark can run on Linux. But still I wonder what tool could see into the code and measure a routine. John _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>
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