From: Ralph Shnelvar Date: 2012-01-19T22:13:22+09:00 Subject: Re: uniq with count; better way? Robert, RK> Peter, a Hash uses _hashing_ to keep lookup cost low. This has complexity O(1). Oh god, I feel so stupid. Thanks for pointing that out. RK> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_table#Performance_analysis