Getting Started

This section will help you install the library and basic usage of the stopwatch class.

Step. 1: Install the library.

PoetryPIP Linux/macOSPIP Windows

bash

poetry add python-stopwatch2

poetry add python-stopwatch2

bash

python3 -m pip install python-stopwatch2

python3 -m pip install python-stopwatch2

bash

py -3 -m pip install python-stopwatch2

py -3 -m pip install python-stopwatch2

Step. 2: Import the Stopwatch class.

python

from stopwatch import Stopwatch

from stopwatch import Stopwatch

Step. 3: Create a new Stopwatch object.
python
```
sw = Stopwatch()
```
```
sw = Stopwatch()
```

Step. 4: Do what you want.

python

from time import sleep
sleep(2)

from time import sleep
sleep(2)

Step. 6: Get the elapsed time.

python

print(f'Time elapsed: {sw.elapsed}')  # Time elapsed: 2.0031827000002522
# or
print(f'Time elapsed: {sw}')  # Time elapsed: 2.00s

print(f'Time elapsed: {sw.elapsed}')  # Time elapsed: 2.0031827000002522
# or
print(f'Time elapsed: {sw}')  # Time elapsed: 2.00s

Full example

python

from stopwatch import Stopwatch
from time import sleep

sw = Stopwatch()
sleep(2)
sw.stop()
print(f'Time elapsed: {sw}')  # Time elapsed: 2.00s

from stopwatch import Stopwatch
from time import sleep

sw = Stopwatch()
sleep(2)
sw.stop()
print(f'Time elapsed: {sw}')  # Time elapsed: 2.00s

Getting Started ​