my @elem = ( 1..20 ); my @e = map { $_ if (s/0/./g || 1) } @elem; print join( " ", @elem ), "\n"; __END__ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2. #### my @elem = map { int rand 1000 } 1..10000; sub map_s { my @mod_sorted = sort { $a <=> $b } map { $_ % 2**6 } @elem; } sub for_s { my @a; for ( @elem ) { push @a, $_ % 2**6; } my @mod_sorted = sort { $a <=> $b } @a; } __END__ Rate for map for 15.8/s -- -4% map 16.5/s 4% --