Python

Measuring code performance

import time
import random

def download_file(file):
  delay = random.randrange(0, 2)
  print(f"Downloading file {file}")    
  time.sleep(delay)
  
def run():
  files = ["secret.tar", "planned_targets.csv", "topsecret.zip", "hacked_accounts.txt", "cia.pdf"]
  for file in files:
    download_file(file)
    time.sleep(1)
    
run()


import time
import random
from timeit import timeit

def download_file(file):
  delay = random.randrange(0, 2)
  print(f"Downloading file {file}")    
  time.sleep(delay)
  
def run():
  files = ["secret.tar", "planned_targets.csv", "topsecret.zip", "hacked_accounts.txt", "cia.pdf"]
  for file in files:
    download_file(file)
    time.sleep(1)
    
execution_time = timeit(run, number=5) / 5
print(f"It takes {execution_time} seconds on average to download all the files.")
