in reply to Re^2: Search a hash for closest match
in thread Search a hash for closest match

Given small number of searches and the ~40k values per search, you may well find that a simple linear search using List::MoreUtils::firstidx() is more than adequate for your needs.

Indeed, you may well find that as the linear search is coded in C, that it beats a binary search in Perl.

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