'''timeit_test.py

   Jeff Ondich, 1/7/09

   A very brief sample of the use of Python's timeit module.
   See http://docs.python.org/library/timeit.html for more
   information.
'''

import timeit

def dosomething():
    a = []
    for k in range(100):
        a.append(k)

t = timeit.Timer('dosomething()', 'from __main__ import dosomething')
print t.timeit(number=50000)