From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how to reset clock()
Date: 10 Feb 1998 20:39:17 -0500
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Tom Chojnacki <chojnack AT quantum DOT de> writes:
> I want to measure time intervals in which some function executes itself.
> I used clock() function which returns time which elapsed since first
> call to clock(). But how can I reset the clock() to measure another time
> interval and not time since the first call again.

You don't have to reset it.  Just save the return value from before,
and subtract it from the new one:

	before = clock();
	do_something();
	after = clock();
	elapsed = after - before;