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!timeit --- Measure execution time of small code snippets — Python interface

The module defines three convenience functions and a public class Create a Timer instance with the given statement, setup code and timer function and run its .timeit method with number executions.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). The module defines three convenience functions and a public class Create a Timer instance with the given statement, setup code and timer function and run its .timeit method with number executions. The optional globals argument specifies a namespace in which to execute the code. Create a Timer instance with the given statement, setup code and timer function and run its .repeat method with the given repeat count and number executions. The optional globals argument specifies a namespace in which to execute the code. The default timer, which is always time.perf_counter(), returns float seconds. An alternative, time.perf_counter_ns, returns integer nanoseconds. Class for timing execution speed of small code snippets. The constructor takes a statement to be timed, an additional statement used for setup, and a timer function. Both statements default to 'pass'; the timer function is platfor Attribution: Adapted from Python Documentation under PSF-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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