R/tic.R

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#' @name   tic
#' @title  Start timing
#' @author Gene Leynes
#'
#' @description
#' 		Matlab inspired timing method.  Put tic() at the start of a process, and
#' 		toc() at the end.
#'
#' @details
#'      Creates a global variable called ticTime.
#'      
#' 		System.time is preferred (see see also).
#' 		
#' @seealso
#' 	\code{\link{toc}}
#' 	\code{\link[base]{system.time}}
#' 	


tic <-
function()
	ticTime<<-proc.time()