6. The Standard Library

Activity 15: Calculating the Time Elapsed to Run a Loop 

Solution:

1. We begin by opening a new Jupyter file and importing the random and time modules:

   import random
   import time

2. Then, we use the time.time function to get the start time:

   start = time.time()

3. Now, by using the aforementioned code, we will find the time in nanoseconds. Here, the range is set from 1 to 999:

   l = [random.randint(1, 999) for _ in range(10 * 3)]

4. Now, we record the finish time and subtract this time to get the delta:

   end = time.time()
   print(end - start)

   You should get the following output:

   0.0019025802612304688

5. But this will give us a float. For measurements higher than 1 second, the precision might be good enough, but we can also use time.time_ns to get the time as the number of nanoseconds elapsed. This will give us a more precise result, without the limitations of floating-point numbers:

   start = time.time_ns()
   l = [random.randint(1, 999) for _ in range(10 * 3...