Difference between revisions of "love.timer.getTime"
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foo = "" | foo = "" | ||
| − | stime = love. | + | stime = love.timer.getTime() |
for i=1,1000 do | for i=1,1000 do | ||
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end | end | ||
| − | etime = love. | + | etime = love.timer.getTime() |
print("It took " .. (etime-stime) .. " to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!") | print("It took " .. (etime-stime) .. " to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!") | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
Revision as of 02:54, 5 August 2010
Returns the amount of time since some time in the past. This function should only be used to calculate differences between points in time, so exactly when this some time is should not matter.
Contents
Function
Synopsis
time = love.timer.getTime( )
Arguments
None.
Returns
number time- The time in seconds.
Examples
Checking how long something takes
foo = ""
stime = love.timer.getTime()
for i=1,1000 do
foo = foo .. "bar"
end
etime = love.timer.getTime()
print("It took " .. (etime-stime) .. " to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!")
