What does e-0 mean in Python?

Question

I am trying to measure time it took to perform my function using time.time() module.

start=time.time()
print(funcV1(sample,result))
finish=time.time()

When I calculate time-difference, it shows me e-05 at the end. What does it mean ?

>>> start
1579830996.868476
>>> finish
1579830996.8685372
>>> finish-start
6.127357482910156e-05

e-05 is scientific notation. it means the decimal place has been moved 5 times to the right. The result is `0.0000612735748291015` — APhillips, Jan 24 '20 at 02:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '20 at 02:19

1

If you want to measure the elapsed time to execute a funcV1 in seconds:

`
import time
start=time.time()
print(funcV1(sample,result))
finish= time.time()
print("elapsed time=",finish-start)

`

answered Jan 24 '20 at 02:19

Gaddisa Olani

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