Re: Which is better when doing a simple match?

eq is always best, if you can use it. It's the simpler method. Doing a regex has to load a lot more schtuff.

Now, if you had to do a regex, it would be much better if you did ($thing =~ /^thing$/), because that's equivalent to ($thing eq 'thing').

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Re: Re: Which is better when doing a simple match? by mr.dunstan (Monk) on Aug 21, 2001 at 23:44 UTC
So you're saying eq is always faster ... ? -mr.dunstan	[reply]
Re{3}: Which is better when doing a simple match? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 21, 2001 at 23:46 UTC
It is always at least as fast. Why are you asking - do you have a counterexample? ------ /me wants to be the brightest bulb in the chandelier! Vote paco for President!	[reply]