Python Tip of the Day: Benchmark Code with timeit Module

Benchmark Code with timeit Module

Author: Jeremy Morgan
Published: November 9, 2024

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Curious about how fast your code runs? timeit lets you measure execution time easily.

# Benchmark sum of numbers
import timeit
execution_time = timeit.timeit('sum(range(1000))', number=10000)
print(f"Execution time: {execution_time} seconds")

“Python Tip of the Day: Benchmark Code with timeit Module”

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