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Re: Match string in array

by gasho (Beadle)
on Oct 03, 2005 at 19:09 UTC ( #497023=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Match string in array

@FirstArray=qw(A B C D); @SecondArray=qw(D E F B); foreach $pr (@FirstArray){ #print "Property: $pr\n"; @match=(); @match=grep(/$pr/,@SecondArray); if (!@match){ push(@UniqueInFirstArrayNotFoundInSecondArray,$pr); } else { push(@FoundInBothArrays,$pr); } } print "".join("\n",@UniqueInFirstArrayNotFoundInSecondArray)."\n"; print "".join("\n",@FoundInBothArrays)."\n";

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Re^2: Match string in array
by sauoq (Abbot) on Oct 03, 2005 at 19:18 UTC

    Everytime you use grep, you are iterating through the list. Since you do that inside of loop, your algorithm is O(N*M). In contrast, JediWizard iterates once through a loop so his algorithm is linear. His approach is also conceptually simpler which results in cleaner code.

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