sub hash_style2 {
    my %values;
    my @temp = @master;
    push @{$values{substr($_,0,1)}}, substr($_,2)
        for @temp;
    print "@{$values{a}} <==> @{$values{b}}\n" if $testing;
}

sub ikegami {
    my @temp = @master;
    local $_ = "@temp";
    my @a = /\ba_(\d+)\b/g;
    my @b = /\bb_(\d+)\b/g;
    print "@a <==> @b\n" if $testing;
}

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When I rerun adding this method (removing the three worst performers), here's what I get: 
               Rate Trinary New_Grep Original ikegami Hash2 Tri_Substr
+ Switch Tri_Substr2
Trinary     10273/s      --      -5%     -22%    -34%  -40%       -41%
+   -41%        -50%
New_Grep    10766/s      5%       --     -18%    -31%  -37%       -38%
+   -38%        -48%
Original    13096/s     27%      22%       --    -16%  -23%       -25%
+   -25%        -37%
ikegami     15683/s     53%      46%      20%      --   -8%       -10%
+   -10%        -24%
Hash2       17016/s     66%      58%      30%      8%    --        -2%
+    -3%        -18%
Tri_Substr  17437/s     70%      62%      33%     11%    2%         --
+    -0%        -16%
Switch      17453/s     70%      62%      33%     11%    3%         0%
+     --        -15%
Tri_Substr2 20651/s    101%      92%      58%     32%   21%        18%
+    18%          --

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Changing to substr() brings the hash into respectable range.

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In reply to Re^4: Can this code be optimized further? by dragonchild
in thread Can this code be optimized further? by samy_kumar

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