Incorrect program run time C

[CJPowell27]

Hey guys I tried to make my program keep track of how long it takes to completely finish, but when it is

run it says something stupid like the program only took .000594 seconds. Does anyone have any tips

as to why it is doing this? I'm also having trouble with srand not making it super random but I think I might

be able to find out how to do that. Any advice is much appreciated.

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[fizzlesticks]

Please post the code as text, not a screen shot. It makes it much easier to help.

[Dat Guy]

I fail to understand why you try to measure the time by CPU ticks. Care to elaborate?

[CJPowell27]

On 1/10/2018 at 2:08 PM, fizzlesticks said:

Please post the code as text, not a screen shot. It makes it much easier to help.

 

On 1/11/2018 at 1:22 AM, Dat Guy said:

I fail to understand why you try to measure the time by CPU ticks. Care to elaborate?

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

char * phrase[] = {"the", "quick" ,"brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "a", "lazy", "dog"};
int guess(char * phrase[]);

int main()
{
	clock_t time1;
	time1 = clock();
    clock_t begin= clock();	
    printf("This is a game that tests typing speed and accuracy");
	
    //Shuffles the words prior to asking for input
    for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    {
        srand(time(0));
        int swapIndex = rand() % 9;
        char * temp = phrase[i];
        phrase[i] = phrase[swapIndex];
        phrase[swapIndex] = temp;
    }
    //The Program shuffles the initial phrase and then 
    //continues to traverse the phrase in order because it 
    //is already shuffled
    
    guess(phrase);

    clock_t end = clock();
	double timeTaken = (double)(end-begin)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
	printf("You took %f seconds to successfully type the phrase", timeTaken);
	return 0;

}

int guess(char * phrase[])
{

    for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++)
    {
        char guess[10];
        printf("\nType the word: %s\n", phrase[i]);
        scanf("%9s", guess);//Gets input
        while(strncmp(guess, phrase[i], 9) != 0)//Runs this loop if wrong
        {
            printf("\nTry again, the word was %s\n", phrase[i]);
            scanf("%9s",guess);
            strncmp(guess, phrase[i],9);
        }
    }


}

 

Here's the typed code.

I'm relatively new to C, what way would you recommend?

[Dat Guy]

Using the actual time...?

[CJPowell27]

9 hours ago, Dat Guy said:

Using the actual time...?

Any documentation you'd recommend. Anything I find is using the Clocks per sec thing for some reason.

[Dat Guy]

Tried your C manual already?

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[CJPowell27]

17 hours ago, Dat Guy said:

Tried your C manual already?

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Wow that's much different than the book my professor has given says. I'll try something like what you sent and mark as solved if it works, thanks.