data.table (version 1.8.8)

timetaken: Pretty print of time taken

Description

Pretty print of time taken since last started.at.

Usage

timetaken(started.at)

Arguments

started.at

The result of proc.time() taken some time earlier.

Value

• A character vector of the form hh:mm:ss, or ss.mmm if under 60 seconds.

Examples

started.at=proc.time()
Sys.sleep(1)
cat("Finished in",timetaken(started.at),"")