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A simple stopwatch implemented in Python
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| import datetime | |
| class Timer(object): | |
| """A simple timer class""" | |
| def __init__(self): | |
| pass | |
| def start(self): | |
| """Starts the timer""" | |
| self.start = datetime.datetime.now() | |
| return self.start | |
| def stop(self, message="Total: "): | |
| """Stops the timer. Returns the time elapsed""" | |
| self.stop = datetime.datetime.now() | |
| return message + str(self.stop - self.start) | |
| def now(self, message="Now: "): | |
| """Returns the current time with a message""" | |
| return message + ": " + str(datetime.datetime.now()) | |
| def elapsed(self, message="Elapsed: "): | |
| """Time elapsed since start was called""" | |
| return message + str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.start) | |
| def split(self, message="Split started at: "): | |
| """Start a split timer""" | |
| self.split_start = datetime.datetime.now() | |
| return message + str(self.split_start) | |
| def unsplit(self, message="Unsplit: "): | |
| """Stops a split. Returns the time elapsed since split was called""" | |
| return message + str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.split_start) |
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What type of python is this used for?