Hello Everyone, I am again in need of help to make this script a little faster. It currently takes 20 minutes to run, and i would like to make it a little bit faster. Here is some code 
foreach $key(@totalkeys){

    $NETID = $totalnetname{$key};
    @ECLDATA = grep /^$NETID\|$datecompare/, @ECL_STAT;
    @ECL_STAT = grep !/^$NETID\|/, @ECL_STAT;
    
    @CELDATA = grep /^$NETID\|$datecompare/, @CEL_STAT;
    @CEL_STAT = grep !/^$NETID\|/, @CEL_STAT;

# a lot more code................
}

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Basically, the arrays ECL_STAT and CEL_STAT are searched 1,200 times, using a different NETID each time. The arrays are around 60,000 lines each, and each searchstring yeilds about 50 entries. Basically, what I would like to do is, as the array is searched, and the results are stored in the corresponding array (ECLDATA and CELDATA), i would like thos entries to be removed. The way i am doing it here, didnt seem to make the script run any faster, infact it seemed to slow down. I assume that because the script does 2 searches now, instead of just one per array. Is there a way to , in one simple faster step, as the data is found, to delete it from the main array??

Thanks Everyone

Also: This is not homework :) hehe i know it might be interpreted as it, but its not :)

Dipul

In reply to Grep Effeciency by ImpalaSS

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