Question

I have code like the following:

oTable = $('#dataTable').dataTable({
    "sScrollX": "100%",
    "bScrollCollapse": true,
    iDisplayLength: -1,
    aLengthMenu: [[-1, 25, 50, 200, "All"], [10, 25, 50, 200, "All"]],
    aoColumnDefs: [
        { "sSortDataType":"dom-data-rk", "aTargets": ["sort-data-rk"] },
        { "sType": "date-uk", "aTargets": ["sort-date-uk"] },
        { "sType": "datetime-uk", "aTargets": ["sort-datetime-uk"] }
    ]
});

Is there a way I can time how long this code takes to execute using javascript or jQuery. Something like the Stopwatch method in C#?

Answer 1

You can use console time and verify how long it takes.

console.time('profile');

for ( var i=0; i < 100000; i++) {
   var arr = new Array();
}

var time = console.timeEnd('profile');

the variable time will have the result in miliseconds
example:
http://jsfiddle.net/dadviegas/dV9rf/

for all browsers

var one=new Date();
for ( var i=0; i < 100000; i++) {
  var arr = new Array();
}
var two=new Date();

//Calculate difference btw the two dates
alert(two.getMilliseconds()-one.getMilliseconds());

i have added this solution in jsfiddle