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c, c++ measure elapsed time

Elapsed time of function, for performance measurement

C style

#include <sys/time.h>

struct timeval begin_v, end_v;
gettimeofday(&begin_v, NULL);
// the function
gettimeofday(&end_v, NULL);

const double s = end_v.tv_sec + end_v.tv_usec / 1e6 - begin_v.tv_sec - begin_v.tv_usec / 1e6;
printf ("Elasped time: %f s\n", s );

C++ style

#include <chrono>

std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock> start, end;
start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
// the function
end = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
std::chrono::duration<double> elapsed_seconds = end-start;

std::cout << "Elapsed time: " << elapsed_seconds.count() << " s" << std::endl;

edit: instead of user-adjustable system_clock, the monotonic steady_clock can be a better choice.