clock example in C

Header file:

    time.h

Synopsis:

     clock_t clock(void);

Description:

     It returns the processor time used by the program at the time of execution(return value is clock ticks).  clock()/CLOCKS_PER_SEC gives the time in seconds and it returns -1 on failure.

clock function C example:

  #include<stdio.h>
  #include<time.h>
  int main() {
        clock_t clk_val;
        int i;
        while(clock() < 5 * CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 100){}
        clk_val = clock();
        printf("Clocks per second: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
        printf("Processor time used from the beginning "

                       "of program execution: %ld\n", clk_val);
        return 0;
  }

  Output:

  jp@jp-VirtualBox:~/cpgms/time$ ./a.out
  Clocks per second: 1000000
  Processor time used from the beginning of program execution: 50000