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== Other Languages ==
 
== Other Languages ==
 
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Revision as of 13:11, 22 March 2015

Returns the value of a timer with an unspecified starting time. This function should only be used to calculate differences between points in time, as the starting time of the timer is unknown.

Function

Synopsis

time = love.timer.getTime( )

Arguments

None.

Returns

number time
The time in seconds.

Examples

Checking how long something takes

foo = ""
local stime = love.timer.getTime()

for i=1,1000 do
	foo = foo .. "bar"
end

local etime = love.timer.getTime()
print(string.format("It took %.3f milliseconds to concatenate 'bar' 1000 times!", 1000 * (etime - stime)))

See Also


Other Languages