python-measure函数时间

时间:2016-12-06 21:23:15

标签: python function time measure

我在测量功能的时间方面遇到了问题。

我的功能是"线性搜索":

def linear_search(obj, item,):
    for i in range(0, len(obj)):
        if obj[i] == item:
        return i
    return -1

我制作了另一个测量时间100次的函数,并将所有结果添加到列表中:

def measureTime(a):
    nl=[]
    import random
    import time
    for x in range(0,100): #calculating time
        start = time.time() 
        a   
        end =time.time()
        times=end-start
        nl.append(times)
    return nl

当我使用measureTime(linear_search(list,random.choice(range(0,50))))时,该函数始终返回[0.0]

什么可能导致这个问题?感谢。

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

您实际上是将linear_search的结果传递给函数measureTime,您需要传入函数和参数,以便在measureTime函数内执行,如@ martijnn2008 answer < / p>

或者更明智的是,您可以考虑使用timeit模块为您完成工作

from functools import partial
import timeit
def measureTime(n, f, *args):
    # return average runtime for n number of times
    # use a for loop with number=1 to get all individual n runtime
    return timeit.timeit(partial(f, *args), number=n)

# running within the module
measureTime(100, linear_search, list, random.choice(range(0,50)))

# if running interactively outside the module, use below, lets say your module name mymodule
mymodule.measureTime(100, mymodule.linear_search, mymodule.list, mymodule.random.choice(range(0,50)))

答案 1 :(得分:0)

看看下面的例子,不知道你想要实现的目标,所以我猜对了;)

import random
import time

def measureTime(method, n, *args):
    start = time.time()
    for _ in xrange(n):
        method(*args)
    end = time.time()
    return (end - start) / n

def linear_search(lst, item):
    for i, o in enumerate(lst):
        if o == item:
            return i
    return -1

lst = [random.randint(0, 10**6) for _ in xrange(10**6)]
repetitions = 100
for _ in xrange(10):
    item = random.randint(0, 10**6)
    print 'average runtime =', 
    print measureTime(linear_search, repetitions, lst, item) * 1000, 'ms'