计时器在python 2.7中不起作用

Question

i am using Python 2.7 for some coding for fun at home, and i can't figure out why this code doesn't work. I try it and it works fine, but says that i did in in -0.000938375024452 seconds... any help very much appreciated

import timeit
import time
alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
again = "yes"
print "Hi."
time.sleep(1)
print "How quick can you type the alphabet?"
time.sleep(1)
print "Well you're about to find out..."
while "YES" in again.upper():
    time.sleep(2)
    begin = raw_input("When you are ready, press enter and type the alphabet.")
    start = timeit.timeit()
    attempt1 = raw_input("")
    end = timeit.timeit()
    time1 = end - start
    if attempt1.upper() == alphabet.upper():
        print "Ok. You did it in..."
        time.sleep(1)
        print time1,"seconds!"
        time.sleep(1)
        again = raw_input("Would you like another go?")
    else:
        print "Sorry, but that was incorrect."
        time.sleep(1)
        print "Try again."
        again = "yes"

Answer 1

timeit.timeit() does not return you a timestamp. It runs pass 1000000 times and returns you the duration of it.

Docs for timeit .

Use time.time() instead.

time.time()