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How to use python timeit when passing variables to functions?

I'm struggling with this using timeit and was wondering if anyone had any tips

Basically I have a function(that I pass a value to) that I want to test the speed of and created this:

if __name__=='__main__':
    from timeit import Timer
    t = Timer(superMegaIntenseFunction(10))
    print t.timeit(number=1)

but when I run it, I get weird errors like coming from the timeit module.:

ValueError: stmt is neither a string nor callable

If I run the function on its own, it works fine. Its when I wrap it in the time it module, I get the errors(I have tried using double quotes and without..sameoutput).

any suggestions would be awesome!

Thanks!

Solution

  • Make it a callable:

    if __name__=='__main__':
    from timeit import Timer
    t = Timer(lambda: superMegaIntenseFunction(10))
    print(t.timeit(number=1))

    Should work