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instance method

Benchmark#realtime

() { () -> void } -> ::Float
realtime() { || ... }

Returns the elapsed real time used to execute the given block. The unit of time is seconds.

Example
Benchmark.realtime { "a" * 1_000_000_000 }
#=> 0.5098029999935534
See also .realtime #measure #bmbm also in 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0