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I often find myself debating the performance implications of various algorithms and alternate implementations. The only way to know for sure is to test the theory. Here is a quick and dirty way to benchmark the execution time of any method.
public static TimeSpan Time(Action action) { Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew(); action(); stopwatch.Stop(); return stopwatch.Elapsed; }
An example usage:
TimeSpan time = Time(TestedMethod); Console.WriteLine(String.Format("TestMethod executed in [{0}] ms", time.TotalMilliseconds));
