Dear all, I have a function f(x). > ptm <- proc.time() > y=f(x) > proc.time() - ptm
works fine for me. However it is not possible to write > system.time(y=f(x)) and > system.time(f(x)) does not store the value of f(x). Should I prefer the 3 lines with proc.time ? Thank you very much, Gustave 2010/5/4 Joris Meys <jorism...@gmail.com> > ?system.time can help too. > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:07 PM, pdb <ph...@philbrierley.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > I want to time how long a function takes to execute. Any clues on what to > > search for to achieve this? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/timing-a-function-tp2126319p2126319.html > > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > -- > Joris Meys > Statistical Consultant > > Ghent University > Faculty of Bioscience Engineering > Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control > > Coupure Links 653 > B-9000 Gent > > tel : +32 9 264 59 87 > joris.m...@ugent.be > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html<http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
