time_expression - return the amount of real time that an expression took int time_expression( mixed expr ); int time_expression { ... } Evaluate or the specified block of code. The amount of real time that passes during the evaluation of , in microseconds, is returned. The precision of the value is not necessarily 1 microsecond; in fact, it probably is much less precise. See also: rusage, function_profile, time Tim Hollebeek Beek@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, and elsewhere