clock

#clock

##Syntax clock (var c : int)

##Description The clock statement is used to determine the amount of time since a program (process) started running. Variable c is assigned the number of milliseconds since the program started running.

##Example This program tells you how much time it has used.

    var timeRunning : int
    clock (timeRunning)
    put "This program has run ", timeRunning, " milliseconds"

##Details On Apple Macintoshes, the hardware resolution of duration is in units of 17 milliseconds (1/60-th of a second).

##See also delay.html, time.html, sysclock.html, wallclock.html and date.html statements.

See also predefined unit timemodule.html.