TicTocPackage.py

"""
TicToc Package

tic() ... starts the timer
toc() ... shows elapsed time

Built by @aleksejalex with help of StackOverflow.
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5849800/what-is-the-python-equivalent-of-matlabs-tic-and-toc-functions

Just import it and you're done.
Usage:
        from TicTocPackage import *
        tic()
        toc()
        toc()
        toc()...

"""

import time


def TicTocGenerator():
    # Generator that returns time differences
    ti = 0  # initial time
    tf = time.time()  # final time
    while True:
        ti = tf
        tf = time.time()
        yield tf - ti  # returns the time difference


TicToc = TicTocGenerator()  # create an instance of the TicTocGen generator


# This will be the main function through which we define both tic() and toc()
def toc(tempBool=True):
    # Prints the time difference yielded by generator instance TicToc
    tempTimeInterval = next(TicToc)
    if tempBool:
        print("Elapsed time: %f seconds.\n" % tempTimeInterval)


def tic():
    # Records a time in TicToc, marks the beginning of a time interval
    toc(False)