Medium_timeit

timeit_example1.py

import timeit

#This code will be executed only once, before stmt.
setup_code = "from math import sqrt"

#This code will be executed as specified by the parameter 'number'
stmt_code = "sum(sqrt(x) for x in range(1,10000))"
iterations = 10000
time = timeit.timeit(stmt = stmt_code, setup = setup_code, number = iterations)

print(time)

#17.9 seconds
#THIS OUTPUT IS FOR 10000 ITERATIONS OF THE CODE SNIPPET AND NOT A SINGLE ITERATION.

print(f"The time for single iteration is {time/iterations}")