Counter per scond

count_per_second.py

import time

# Function that runs the counter for 1 second
def count_per_second(x):
    start = time.time()
    counter = 0
    while time.time() - start < 1:
        counter += 1
    return counter

start = time.time()
# Execute the function 9 times
results = [count_per_second(x) for x in range(9)]
print("duration =", time.time() - start)
print("results =", results)

# Output:
# duration = 9.000171661376953
# results = [792793, 818272, 791557, 808990, 818746, 815934, 815764, 814871, 799357]