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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>tic</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>June 2004</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="tic">start a stopwatch timer</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>tic()</CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P>The sequence of commands <VERB>tic(); operation; toc();</VERB> prints the number of seconds required for the operation.</P>
   </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
<![CDATA[
tic();
realtimeinit(1);
realtime(0);
realtime(10);
toc();
 ]]>
  </EXAMPLE>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM><LINK>toc</LINK></SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM><LINK>timer</LINK></SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM><LINK>etime</LINK></SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
  <AUTHORS>
    <AUTHORS_ITEM>V.C.</AUTHORS_ITEM>
    <AUTHORS_ITEM>A.C.</AUTHORS_ITEM>
  </AUTHORS>
</MAN>
