Time Class Reference

Allows for timing the algorithms; accurate up to 0.01 sec. More...

#include <MercuryTime.h>

Public Member Functions
void	tic ()
	This is like a start button of a stopwatch. Assigns the variable start with the current number of clock ticks. More...
Mdouble	toc ()
	This is like a stop button of a stopwatch. Assigns the variable finish to the current value of ticks returned by clock(). More...

Private Attributes
clock_t	start
	Stores the number of clock ticks, called by Time::tic(). More...
clock_t	finish
	Stores the number of clock ticks, called by Time::toc(). More...

Detailed Description

Allows for timing the algorithms; accurate up to 0.01 sec.

Calculates the amount of computational time used, in seconds. Works on the same concept of stopwatch, where one presses start and stops when needed. The difference returns the total time used up.

Definition at line 40 of file MercuryTime.h.

Member Function Documentation

void Time::tic ( )

inline

This is like a start button of a stopwatch. Assigns the variable start with the current number of clock ticks.

Definition at line 48 of file MercuryTime.h.

References start.

    {
        start = clock(); //clock tics
    }

Mdouble Time::toc ( )

inline

This is like a stop button of a stopwatch. Assigns the variable finish to the current value of ticks returned by clock().

Returns

However, it also returns the total real time in seconds.

Definition at line 58 of file MercuryTime.h.

References finish, and start.

    {
        finish = clock();
        return (Mdouble(finish) - Mdouble(start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
    }

Member Data Documentation

clock_t Time::finish

private

Stores the number of clock ticks, called by Time::toc().

Definition at line 73 of file MercuryTime.h.

Referenced by toc().

clock_t Time::start

private

Stores the number of clock ticks, called by Time::tic().

Definition at line 68 of file MercuryTime.h.

Referenced by tic(), and toc().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• MercuryTime.h