pvm_get_timer

Scilab function
Last update : January 1998

pvm_get_timer - Gets the system's notion of the current time.

### Calling Sequence

  `[time] = pvm_get_timer()`

### Parameters

- `time`: scalar

### Description

`pvm_get_timer` returns the time elapsed since the last call of `pvm_get_timer` or the last call of `pvm_set_timer`. The time is expressed in elapsed microseconds. The resolution of the system clock is hardware dependent; the time may be updated continuously or in clock ticks.

The returned value `time`will be >= 0 if the call is successful and will be will be -1 if some error occurs.

### Examples

    B = rand(100,100);
    A = rand(100,100);
    pvm_set_timer();C=A*B;t=pvm_get_timer()

### See Also

`pvm_set_timer`,