Need milliseconds

[jimmyJIMMYyaya]

hey all

im in need of obtaining milliseconds. is there perl function for this?

i have a search script that has three subroutines.
1) initialize
2) process
3) terminate

in initialize i want to get the current milliseconds of the current time

in the terminiate i want to get the current milliseconds of the current time

then i want to find the difference so i can let the user now how long the search took.

i need milliseconds because it never takes more than a second for a return.

thanks for all your help in advance

 

[MikeLacey]

Jimmy, hi.

There's a module on CPAN called Benchmark that may be of use to you.

I sympathise though, it's always a problem trying to work out how efficient a particular bit of code is. I usually end up running it a great many times to try and average it out.

Benchmark is particularly good at this kind of thing, it's well worth the effort to learn how to use it. Mike
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