Whether ADD SEMICOLON for output will reduce execution time?

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If my code compute data for 1 day. If I ADD SEMICOLON after the statements, means nothing display in Command Windows, does this will reduce execution time greatly?

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Star Strider
Star Strider on 8 Mar 2016
The only way to determine that quantitatively is to time it with and without the semicolons. Adding semicolons to suppress Command Window output would speed your code. You would have to define whether it speeds it ‘greatly’. For short routines, likely not much. For long or iterated routines, likely much.
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Star Strider
Star Strider on 8 Mar 2016
My pleasure.
When I first started using MATLAB 20+ years ago, etime was the only option, so I got used to using it. The tic and toc functions arrived later, and are preferable.

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