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MartinHeimbring/Benchmark: Lookup time (string vs.symbol as key)

Created February 8, 2015 14:32
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Using the Benchmark module to compare lookup time in hash
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Benchmark: Lookup time (string vs.symbol as key)
require 'benchmark'
stringAZ = Hash[("a".."z").to_a.zip((1..26).to_a)]
symbolAZ = Hash[(:a..:z).to_a.zip((1..26).to_a)]
string_time = Benchmark.realtime do
100_000.times{stringAZ["r"]}
end
symbol_time = Benchmark.realtime do
100_000.times{symbolAZ[:r]}
end
puts "String time: #{string_time} seconds."
puts "Symbol time: #{symbol_time} seconds."
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