Magic function timeit
<p>I'm using the magic %%timeit function to get the time it takes to execute some code. The thing that bothers me is that when I run %%timeit, I don't get the results. For instace:</p>

<pre><code>a=5
b=3

%%timeit
c = a + b
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<p>Now if I want to use c in the next cell, I get that c hasn't been defined.</p>

<pre><code>print(c)
&gt;&gt;&gt;NameError: name 'c' is not defined
</code></pre>

<p>Could you help me understand why this happens, why doesn't c get stored when the  magic %%timeit function is used in that particular cell?</p>