How to get the time elapsed running a function in C++

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I tried some codes by googling :

clock_t start, end;
start = clock();
//CODES GOES HERE
end = clock();
std::cout << end - start <<"\n";
std::cout << (double) (end-start)/ CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

but the result elapsed time always was 0, even with

std::cout << (double) (end-start)/ (CLOCKS_PER_SEC/1000.0 );

Don't know why but when I get the similar in Java : getCurrentTimeMillis() it works well. I want it to show the milliseconds as maybe the computer compute so fast.

Any OS / framework restrictions? (C++ doesn't have a standard way of getting high-resolution timings...) — Macke, Mar 12 '11 at 15:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '11 at 14:24

I don't think it's guaranteed that clock has a high enough resolution to profile your function. If you want to know how fast a function executes, you should run it maybe a few thousands times instead of once, measure the total time it takes and take the average.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '11 at 16:14

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#include <boost/progress.hpp>

int main()
{
    boost::progress_timer timer;
    // code to time goes here
}

This will print out the time it took to run main. You can place your code in scopes to time several parts, i.e. { boost::progress_timer timer; ... }.

answered Mar 12 '11 at 16:14

Daniel Lidström

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the compiler couldn't recognize .I use Netbeans in Ubuntu – Duc Tran Mar 13 '11 at 06:04
Well, you need Boost. Try `sudo apt-get install boost-dev` or something similar. – Daniel Lidström Mar 13 '11 at 11:58

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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This question is somehow similar to yours: Timing a function in a C++ program that runs on Linux

Take a look at this answer!

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Mar 12 '11 at 15:21

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How to get the time elapsed running a function in C++

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