use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(cmpthese timethese); use 5.010; use List::Util qw(any); my $search = $ARGV[0]||'perlaceo'; my $file = $ARGV[1]||'enwiktionary-latest-all-titles-in-ns0'; die unless $file; my @lines; open my $fh,'<',$file or die "Unable to open $file"; @lines = <$fh>; print "\nFILE: $file\nARRAY ELEMENTS: ", scalar @lines," (read in ",(time - $^T), " seconds).\n\n"; my $iterations = -3; ################################################################################ my $name1 = "Plain array lookup"; # my $code1 = <<'END_CODE1'; for(@lines){ last if $_ eq $search } END_CODE1 ################################################################################ my $name2 = "List::Util any "; # my $code2 = <<'END_CODE2'; any { $_ eq $search } @lines; END_CODE2 ################################################################################ my $name3 = "smart match ~~ "; # my $code3 = <<'END_CODE3'; $search ~~ @lines; END_CODE3 ################################################################################ my $results = timethese($iterations, { $name1 => $code1, $name2 => $code2, $name3 => $code3 } ) ; print "\n\n"; cmpthese( $results ); #### FILE: cat.txt ARRAY ELEMENTS: 3 (read in 0 seconds). Rate List::Util any Plain array lookup smart match ~~ List::Util any 2548237/s -- -38% -62% Plain array lookup 4105378/s 61% -- -38% smart match ~~ 6655789/s 161% 62% -- FILE: HOSTS-zero-tollerance.txt ARRAY ELEMENTS: 10605 (read in 0 seconds). Rate List::Util any Plain array lookup smart match ~~ List::Util any 2599992/s -- -41% -62% Plain array lookup 4437049/s 71% -- -36% smart match ~~ 6879527/s 165% 55% -- FILE: 02packages.details.txt ARRAY ELEMENTS: 165584 (read in 2 seconds). Rate List::Util any Plain array lookup smart match ~~ List::Util any 2481882/s -- -46% -61% Plain array lookup 4556540/s 84% -- -28% smart match ~~ 6362283/s 156% 40% -- FILE: enwiktionary-latest-all-titles-in-ns0 ARRAY ELEMENTS: 4316483 (read in 91 seconds). Rate List::Util any Plain array lookup smart match ~~ List::Util any 2565579/s -- -44% -63% Plain array lookup 4621251/s 80% -- -34% smart match ~~ 6972221/s 172% 51% --