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What is CLOCKS_PER_SEC in C?
Samia IshaqueOverview
CLOCKS_PER_SEC is a macro in C language and is defined in the <time.h> header file. It is an expression of type, as shown below:
clock_t clock(void)
CLOCKS_PER_SEC defines the number of clock ticks per second for a particular machine. The number of seconds elapsed since the launch of a program can be calculated with the following formula:
Example
CLOCKS_PER_SEC is always used in combination with the clock() function. Below is an example of how you can use the macro CLOCKS_PER_SEC to calculate the seconds that have passed since a program was launched:
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
clock_t start, end;
int i;
start = clock();
printf("Clock ticks at starting time: %ld\n", start);
for(i=0; i< 1000000000; i++){
}
end = clock();
printf("Clock ticks at end time: %ld\n", end);
printf("CLOCKS_PER_SEC: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
printf("The duration in seconds since the program was launched: %ld\n", (end-start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
return 0;
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