use Benchmark qw(:all); sub in2 { my $q = shift; return { map({ ($_ => 1); } @_) }->{$q}; } sub in1 { my $val = shift; $val eq $_ and return 1 for @_; return 0; } sub in3 { my $q = shift; grep({ $q eq $_ } @_); } use Set::Scalar; sub in4 { my $q = shift; Set::Scalar->new(@_)->has($q); } use List::Util qw(first); sub in5 { my $q = shift; first { $q eq $_ } @_; } sub in6 { my $q = shift; grep /^$q$/, @_; } my @list1 = ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'); my @list2 = ('d', 'b', 'c', 'd'); print '1 ', in1(@list1), ' ', in1(@list2), "\n"; print '2 ', in2(@list1), ' ', in2(@list2), "\n"; print '3 ', in3(@list1), ' ', in3(@list2), "\n"; print '4 ', in4(@list1), ' ', in4(@list2), "\n"; print '5 ', in5(@list1), ' ', in5(@list2), "\n"; print '6 ', in6(@list1), ' ', in6(@list2), "\n"; cmpthese(-1,{ 'ambrus' => \&in1, 'osunderdog' => \&in4, 'rnahi' => \&in5, 'gam3' => \&in2, 'EvanCarroll' => \&in6, 'Aristotle' => \&in3}); __END__