for my $i ( 1 .. $N ) { my $rndRec = 1 + int rand( 160e6 ); # printf "Record $rndRec: "; my $pos = binsearch( \$idx, $rndRec ); if( $pos ) { seek DATA, $pos, 0; # printf "'%s'", scalar ; } #### E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher e:30GB.dat e:30GB.idx 16.8919820785522 Lookup averaged 0.009681803 seconds/record E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher e:30GB.dat e:30GB.idx 4.17907309532166 Lookup averaged 0.009416031 seconds/record #### E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher s:30GB.dat s:30GB.idx 33.1236040592194 Lookup averaged 0.000902344 seconds/record E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher s:30GB.dat s:30GB.idx 3.44389009475708 Lookup averaged 0.000789429 seconds/record E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher s:30GB.dat s:30GB.idx 4.35790991783142 Lookup averaged 0.000551061 seconds/record E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher s:30GB.dat s:30GB.idx 3.86181402206421 Lookup averaged 0.000482989 seconds/record E:\>c:\test\1118102-searcher s:30GB.dat s:30GB.idx 4.66845011711121 Lookup averaged 0.000458750 seconds/record