#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark; my @sizes = (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000); my @chars = ('A' .. 'Z', 'a' .. 'z', 0 .. 9); our @d = map {join "" => map {$chars [rand @chars]} 1 .. $_} @sizes; map { Benchmark::cmpthese timethese (-2 => { "simple_$sizes[$_]" => '$_ = $::d[' . $_ . ']; s/\D//g;', "multiple_$sizes[$_]" => '$_ = $::d[' . $_ . ']; s/\D+//g;' }, 'none'); } 0 .. $#sizes __END__ Rate simple_10 multiple_10 simple_10 196495/s -- -15% multiple_10 231225/s 18% -- Rate simple_25 multiple_25 simple_25 89788/s -- -50% multiple_25 180650/s 101% -- Rate simple_50 multiple_50 simple_50 47507/s -- -64% multiple_50 130727/s 175% -- Rate simple_100 multiple_100 simple_100 23206/s -- -77% multiple_100 103096/s 344% -- Rate simple_250 multiple_250 simple_250 10488/s -- -71% multiple_250 36407/s 247% -- Rate simple_500 multiple_500 simple_500 5046/s -- -75% multiple_500 20382/s 304% -- Rate simple_1000 multiple_1000 simple_1000 2528/s -- -76% multiple_1000 10549/s 317% --