Python: Essential Reference, Third Edition

profile

The profile module is used to collect profiling information.

						run(command
						[,
						filename
						])

Executes the contents of command using the exec statement under the profiler. filename is the name of a file in which raw profiling data is saved. If it’s omitted, a report such as the following is printed to standard output:

126 function calls (6 primitive calls) in 5.130 CPU seconds
Ordered by: standard name
ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
     1    0.030    0.030    5.070    5.070 <string>:1(?)
 121/1    5.020    0.041    5.020    5.020 book.py:11(process)
     1    0.020    0.020    5.040    5.040 book.py:5(?)
     2    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 exceptions.py:101(__init__)
     1    0.060    0.060    5.130    5.130 profile:0(execfile('book.py'))
     0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)