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How to Create a Timing Decorator in Python
A Python decorator that measures and prints the execution time of any function using time.perf_counter.
import time
from functools import wraps
def timing_decorator(func):
@wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
start = time.perf_counter()
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
end = time.perf_counter()
elapsed = end - start
print(f"{func.__name__} took {elapsed:.6f} seconds"…Profile Python functions with cProfile
Profile a Python program with cProfile, capture the stats in memory, and print a sorted performance report.
import cProfile
import pstats
import io
def slow_function():
total = 0
for i in range(100000):
total += i ** 2
return total
def medium_function():
return sum(range(10000))
def fast_function():
return sum(range(100))
def main():
result1 = slow_function()
result2 = medium_func…Build a Python Performance Profiler That Generates Readable Reports
Use cProfile and pstats to profile Python functions and print a sorted performance report showing the top time-consuming calls.
import cProfile
import pstats
import io
from pathlib import Path
def slow_function():
total = 0
for i in range(500_000):
total += i ** 2
return total
def fast_function():
total = sum(i * i for i in range(500_000))
return total
def profile_functions():
profiler = cProfile.Profile()
…How to Profile CPU Hot Path in Python with cProfile and sort_stats cumtime
Profile a Python function's CPU usage by running cProfile, sorting stats by cumulative time, and printing a readable report to stdout.
import cProfile
import pstats
import io
def slow_function():
total = 0
for i in range(100_000):
total += i * i
return total
def fast_function():
return sum(i for i in range(100))
def main():
slow_function()
fast_function()
if __name__ == "__main__":
profiler = cProfile.Profi…How to Time Code Performance with timeit in Python
Benchmark two implementations of the same logic using Python's timeit module and compare their execution speeds.
import timeit
# Implementation 1: Using a list comprehension
def list_comprehension_squares(n):
return [i ** 2 for i in range(n)]
# Implementation 2: Using a for loop with append
def loop_squares(n):
result = []
for i in range(n):
result.append(i ** 2)
return result
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