From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2000-12-16T14:02:10+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7394] Re: Ruby performance question


Hi,

It is faster, but I don't think it is putting anything in the
hash.  I know perl will convert an array to a hash, but I don't
think ruby does it as a built-in.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.

regards,
-joe

> 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
> 
> Park, Hee-Sob