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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Built-In Commands - time manual page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
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<H3><A NAME="M2">NAME</A></H3>
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time - Time the execution of a script
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<H3><A NAME="M3">SYNOPSIS</A></H3>
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<B>time </B><I>script</I> ?<I>count</I>?<BR>
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<H3><A NAME="M4">DESCRIPTION</A></H3>
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This command will call the Tcl interpreter <I>count</I>
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times to evaluate <I>script</I> (or once if <I>count</I> isn't
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specified). It will then return a string of the form
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<PRE><B>503 microseconds per iteration</B></PRE>
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which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration,
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in microseconds.
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Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time.
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<H3><A NAME="M5">SEE ALSO</A></H3>
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<B><A HREF="../TkCmd/clock.htm">clock</A></B>
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<H3><A NAME="M6">KEYWORDS</A></H3>
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<A href="../Keywords/S.htm#script">script</A>, <A href="../Keywords/T.htm#time">time</A>
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<HR><PRE>
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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<A HREF="../copyright.htm">Copyright</A> © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.</PRE>
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