[C++] Timing Your Program

#include <sys/time.h> // only for linux
#include <stdio.h>

inline double seconds() {
    struct timeval tp;
    struct timezone tzp;
    int i = gettimeofday(&tp, &tzp);
    return (double)tp.tv_sec + (double)tp.tv_usec * 1.e-6);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    double ts = 0; // time start
    double te = 0; // time end
    ts = seconds();
    // do your things.
    te = seconds();
    printf("time elapsed: %f s\n", te - ts);
    return 0;
}

#include <time.h> // for linux, windows
#include <stdio.h>

inline double seconds(const clock_t ts, const clock_t te) {
    return (double)(te - ts) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    clock_t ts = 0; // time start
    clock_t te = 0; // time end
    ts = clock();
    // do your things
    te = clock();
    printf("time elapsed: %f s\n", seconds(ts, te));
    return 0;
}

#include <windows.h> // only for windows
#include <stdio.h>

inline double seconds(const DWORD ts, const DWORD te) {
    return (te - ts) / 1000.0;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    DWORD ts = 0; // time start
    DWORD te = 0; // time end
    ts = GetTickCount();
    // do your thing.
    te = GetTickCount();
    printf("time elapsed: %f s", seconds(ts, te));
    return 0;
}