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

Created February 8, 2015 14:32
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  1. MartinHeimbring created this gist Feb 8, 2015.
    15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions Benchmark: Lookup time (string vs.symbol as key)
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    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."