From: Hee-Sob Park <phasis@...>
Date: 2000-12-16T12:40:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7384] Re: Ruby performance question


Hi,

"David Alan Black" <dblack@candle.superlink.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0012152059560.23782-100000@candle.superlink.net...
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Joseph McDonald wrote:
>
> > I found that a combination of your technique with Dave's technique
> > to be the fastest:
> >
> > def dt_readfile
> >   h = Hash.new
> >   file = File.new("keys")
> >   while line = file.gets
> >     record = line.chomp!.tr!('=', ',').split(',')
> >     h[record.shift] = record.shift until record.empty?
> >     # do stuff here...
> >     h.clear
> >   end
> > end
> >

I found even another fastest version:

 def dt_readfile
   h = Hash.new
   file = File.new("keys")
   while line = file.gets
     record = line.chomp!.tr!('=', ',').split(',')
     h = Hash.new(record)
     # do stuff here...
     h.clear
   end
 end


> David Alan Black

Park, Hee-Sob