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time tcl

Overview

Time the execution of a script

Syntax

time script ?count?

Description

This command will call the Tcl interpreter count times to evaluate script (or once if count isn't specified). It will then return a string of the form 503 microseconds per iteration which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, in microseconds. Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time.

Keywords

script, time

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