.. highlightlang:: us

.. _profiler_start:

profiler_start
==============

.. index:: profiler_start

.. us.tag  profiler_start NOTREADYENGLISH New400 Programming.Debug

:ref:`profiler_start` starts the profiler. The profiler can be used for
analyzing the run-time behavior and performance of programs.

.. function::  r = profiler_start()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

If the function succeeds, the return value bool is TRUE (1); otherwise it 
is FALSE (0). 

.. us.example

**Example**

see :ref:`profiler_stop`

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`,
   :ref:`profiler_stop`

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