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OmGal
OmGal

Reputation: 25

Time between consecutive executions of a single function in Python

Apologies if the question is a little vague, I'll edit it if necessary.

I'm creating a chess game in Python with Tkinter and want to add a chess timer. When a player moves a piece the move() function is called, causing the piece to be moved to the correct square and the turn switches (from black to white and vice-versa) - turn is a list ["W", "B"] that keeps track of whose turn it is.

Called when a player selects a square to move to:

def move():
    #code here
    turn.reverse()

To time each move, I want to measure the time between consecutive execution of the move() function (i.e. time between turn switches).

To summarise:

How can I measure the time between consecutive executions of the same function?

Edit

From the answers I can see that my question was misunderstood, I'm sorry for not clarifying: I'm not looking to measure the time it takes to execute a function (the move() function). I am looking to measure the time between consecutive executions of a function. The answers given here assume I only want to measure the execution time of the function from start to end. You cannot assume that the move() function executes again immediately after it has finished; it is called by clicking a button so there may be a delay (thinking about the move) before the move() function is called again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 244

Answers (1)

Sasuke_214
Sasuke_214

Reputation: 69

You can use time module of python. If i understood your question properly, Something like this can be done:

import time
initial_time = time.monotonic()
def move():
    #code here
    time_gap = time.monotonic() - initial_time
    print(time_gap)
    initial_time = time.monotonic()
    turn.reverse()

Upvotes: 2

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