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copied!<p>I was searching for a quick and dirty stop watch class to avoid coding such and came upon the site where the original code was posted and this site as well.</p> <p>In the end, I modified the code until it met what I think that I was originally searching for.</p> <p>In case anyone is interested, the version that I have ended up thus far with is as follows (albeit that I have yet to apply it in the application that I am currently updating and for which I want to make use of such functionality).</p> <pre><code># REFERENCES # 1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/858970/how-to-get-a-stopwatch-program-running # 2. http://codeidol.com/other/rubyckbk/User-Interface/Creating-a-GUI-Application-with-Tk/ # 3. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bJkznhZBG6gC&pg=PA806&lpg=PA806&dq=ruby+stopwatch+class&source=bl&ots=AlH2e7oWWJ&sig=KLFR-qvNfBfD8WMrUEbVqMbN_4o&hl=en&ei=WRjOTbbNNo2-uwOkiZGwCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=ruby%20stopwatch%20class&f=false # 4. http://4loc.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/formatting-dates-and-floats-in-ruby/ module Utilities class StopWatch def new() @watch_start_time = nil #Time (in seconds) when the stop watch was started (i.e. the start() method was called). @lap_start_time = nil #Time (in seconds) when the current lap started. end #def new def start() myCurrentTime = Time.now() #Current time in (fractional) seconds since the Epoch (January 1, 1970 00:00 UTC) if (!running?) then @watch_start_time = myCurrentTime @lap_start_time = @watch_start_time end #if myCurrentTime - @watch_start_time; end #def start def lap_time_seconds() myCurrentTime = Time.now() myLapTimeSeconds = myCurrentTime - @lap_start_time @lap_start_time = myCurrentTime myLapTimeSeconds end #def lap_time_seconds def stop() myTotalSecondsElapsed = Time.now() - @watch_start_time @watch_start_time = nil myTotalSecondsElapsed end #def stop def running?() !@watch_start_time.nil? end #def end #class StopWatch end #module Utilities def kill_time(aRepeatCount) aRepeatCount.times do #just killing time end #do end #def kill_time elapsed_time_format_string = '%.3f' myStopWatch = Utilities::StopWatch.new() puts 'total time elapsed: ' + elapsed_time_format_string % myStopWatch.start() + ' seconds' kill_time(10000000) puts 'lap time: ' + elapsed_time_format_string % myStopWatch.lap_time_seconds() + ' seconds' kill_time(20000000) puts 'lap time: ' + elapsed_time_format_string % myStopWatch.lap_time_seconds() + ' seconds' kill_time(30000000) puts 'lap time: ' + elapsed_time_format_string % myStopWatch.lap_time_seconds() + ' seconds' puts 'total time elapsed: ' + elapsed_time_format_string % myStopWatch.stop() + ' seconds' </code></pre>

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