Update: Don't consider or use this. It is broken per the replies below!

If you really feel the need for speed (at the expense of a little clarity), add this to your becnhmark: 

$begin = time();
for( 0 .. 20 ) {
    my @a = reverse map chop( $buffer), 0 .. length( $buffer ) -1;
}
printf( "reverse map chop consumed %.3f seconds\n", time() - $begin );

__END__
C:\test>junk47
split consumed 2.368 second(s)
pack consumed 0.347 seconds
pack and chr in map consumed 4.041 seconds
unpack '{a1)* consumed 2.507 seconds
substr for consumed 1.652 seconds
reverse map chop consumed 0.477 seconds

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In reply to Re: Convert string to array - performance challenge by BrowserUk
in thread Convert string to array - performance challenge by rtillian

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