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Revision as of 13:11, 22 March 2015
Returns the value of a timer with an unspecified starting time. This function should only be used to calculate differences between points in time, as the starting time of the timer is unknown.
Contents
Function
Synopsis
time = love.timer.getTime( )
Arguments
None.
Returns
number time
- The time in seconds.
Examples
Checking how long something takes
foo = ""
local stime = love.timer.getTime()
for i=1,1000 do
foo = foo .. "bar"
end
local etime = love.timer.getTime()
print(string.format("It took %.3f milliseconds to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!", 1000 * (etime - stime)))
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