It doesn't quite work. grep_and_remove() should do the trick:
use warnings; use strict; use Data::Dumper; sub grep_in_place(&@) { my ($cb, $array) = @_; my $src = -1; my $dst = -1; while (++$src < @$array) { my $keep; $keep = $cb->() for $array->[$src]; $array->[++$dst] = $array->[$src]; } $#$array = $dst; } sub grep_and_remove (&\@) { my ($cb, $array_ref) = @_; my @found; my $i = 0; GREP: while ($i < @{ $array_ref }) { $cb->() and push(@found, splice(@{ $array_ref }, $i, 1)) and next GREP for $array_ref->[$i]; ++$i; } return @found; } my @arr1 = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8); my @arr2 = grep_in_place { $_ > 4 } @arr1; my @arr3 = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8); my @arr4 = grep_and_remove { $_ > 4 } @arr3; print Dumper(\@arr1, \@arr2, \@arr3, \@arr4); __END__ $VAR1 = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ]; $VAR2 = [ '-1' ]; $VAR3 = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]; $VAR4 = [ 5, 6, 7, 8 ];

In reply to Re^2: Fastest way to grep multiple time on some array by repellent
in thread Fastest way to grep multiple time on some array by Anonymous Monk

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