Time a function: Difference between revisions

first attempt at perl
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Sum(4) takes 0.084005 seconds.
- : unit = ()
 
=={{header|Perl}}==
<lang perl>sub cpu_time {
my ($user,$system,$cuser,$csystem) = times;
$user + $system
}
 
sub time_it {
my $action = shift;
my $startTime = cpu_time();
$action->(@_);
my $finishTime = cpu_time();
$finishTime - $startTime
}
 
printf "Identity(4) takes %f seconds.\n", time_it(sub {shift}, 4);
# outputs "Identity(4) takes 0.000000 seconds."
 
sub sum {
my $x = shift;
foreach (0 .. 999999) {
$x += $_;
}
$x
}
 
printf "Sum(4) takes %f seconds.\n", time_it(\&sum, 4);
# outputs "Sum(4) takes 0.280000 seconds."</lang>
 
=={{header|Python}}==
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