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## console.time(label)

Mark a time.
Used to calculate the duration of a specific operation. To start a timer, call
the `console.time()` method, giving it a name as only parameter. To stop the
timer, and to get the elapsed time in miliseconds, just call the
[`console.timeEnd()`](#console_console_timeend_label) method, again passing the
timer's name as the parameter.

## console.timeEnd(label)

Finish timer, record output. Example:
Stops a timer that was previously started by calling
[`console.time()`](#console_console_time_label) and print the result to the
console.

Example:

console.time('100-elements');
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
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