From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-10-12T05:07:36+09:00
Subject: Re: scanning strings, backward?

On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Vidar Hokstad wrote:

> Morton Goldberg wrote:
>> I like this idea, but I would suggest using a hash rather than an
>> array. Hash the lines keyed to their line number. Then you can search
>> any which way you like.
>
> I don't see what this would give you. An array of the lines in the
> order read would be keyed to the line number. Assuming the Ruby array
> implementation is sane using an array should be faster, and also has
> the advantage that IO#readlines does all the work of reading the lines
> in from file and returning a ready populated array.

It's a worthless idea. Somedays my brain behaves like a fried egg  
even through I don't do drugs. Today seems to be one of those days  
<sigh>.

Regards, Morton