How to time a segment of code

[bobholmgren]

I've got a case statement inside a while loop, and I need to know how much time it takes to run (in ms)

I tried using :"Tick Count," but both the tick count before and after the case statement are giving the same time, even though the one after the case is in its own case statement box.

I'm sure there's an easy way to do this, and someone with infinite wisdom will disclose it to me 🙂

Thanks

[TCPlomp · Accepted solution]

Here are three ways mentioned.

I think this one is the coolest:

One thing to notice is that 'Tick count' has a resolution of 16 ms on most OS's.

Ton

[ErnieH]

I created a little function that starts a timer and reads the elapsed time. Start it before yout loop and put the read outside, with a line inside the loop so it will not start before the loop is finished. In LabVIEW 2009.

[bobholmgren]

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@TCPlomp wrote:

Here are three ways mentioned.

I think this one is the coolest:

One thing to notice is that 'Tick count' has a resolution of 16 ms on most OS's.

Ton

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How exactly do I go about doing this?

[bobholmgren]

I figured it out

[bobholmgren]

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@bobholmgren wrote:

I figured it out

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or maybe not, I don't see a pulldown menu on the right. I'm in Labview 7.1

[ErnieH]

Here is a png