// Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
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//
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function tic()
    // tic() start a stopwatch timer.
    // The sequence of commands tic(), operation, toc()
    // prints the number of milliseconds required for the operation.


    global TICTOC;

    TICTOC=getdate();

endfunction