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[lieudusty]

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I'm trying to make something find out how long a program took to run. Does anybody know how to do this?

[Lyqyd]

Make a wrapper program. Check os.clock() before you start the other program, check os.clock() after you run it. Simple subtraction gives you the run time.

[PixelToast]

local otime=os.clock()
-- code
local timeElapsed=os.clock()-otime

[remiX]

Wow loops are fast xD

term.clear() term.setCursorPos(1,1)
BeginTime = os.time()
i = 1
repeat
    i = i + 1
until i == 1000000
print(os.time() - BeginTime)

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[ChunLing]

They're faster than that. It's the world time that's too slow. Use the os.clock, like Lyqyd said. It's more suited to this purpose.