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s_khan92
s_khan92

Reputation: 979

How to time the for loop?

I am having a code where I have a for loop

I want that for loop run some specific time and then it stop or exit. I tried to find solutions like this:

import time
    **NOT HELPFUL for me**
    def stopwatch(seconds):
        start = time.time()
        time.clock()    
        elapsed = 0
        while elapsed < seconds:
            elapsed = time.time() - start 
            time.sleep(1)  

    stopwatch(20)

My code is like this:

for a in list:

   if condition true:
     print('Condition True')
   else 
     print('not true')

So, i just need to run this loop for few seconds and then stop. Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 60

Answers (1)

Hippolippo
Hippolippo

Reputation: 813

Just subtract start time from current time (in seconds)

import time
start = time.time()
for a in list:
    if time.time()-start > maxTimeout:
        break
    print("condition true" if condition else "not true")

Upvotes: 4

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