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== Other Languages ==
 
== Other Languages ==
 
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Revision as of 18:02, 25 March 2011

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.

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!")

See Also


Other Languages