Simple Tic Toc Alternative in Python

In Matlab, tic, toc functions provide very simple way to display time elapsed. We can create a similar mechanism in Python. Note that the source code below is only tested for Python3.

	import time
	class Timer(object):
	def __init__(self, name=''):
	self.name = name
	def __enter__(self):
	self.start = time.time()
	def __exit__(self, *args):
	elapsed = time.time() - self.start
	print ('%s elapsed: %.2fs' % (self.name, elapsed))
	if __name__ == '__main__':
	with Timer('demo'):
	time.sleep(5)
	with Timer():
	time.sleep(5)

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Very convinient!