From: Simon Strandgaard <0bz63fz3m1qt3001@...>
Date: 2003-06-25T03:31:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Concatenating Hash's

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:32:27 +0900, David Landrith wrote:

> What is the fastest way to concatenate two hash tables?
 

Have you tried Hash#update  ?


But you ask about the fastest way... hmm.


> expand -t2 b.rb
class String
  def String.rand(size=15)
    s = String.new
    size.times do |i|
      s << (Kernel.rand(93)+33)   # ascii range
    end
    s
  end
end

class Hash
  def Hash.rand(elements, width)
    h = Hash.new
    elements.times do
      key = String.rand(width)
      h[key] = Kernel.rand(899)+100
    end
    h
  end
end

h1 = Hash.rand(100, 5)
h2 = Hash.rand(100, 5)
puts "h1=#{h1.size}  h2=#{h2.size}"
h1.update(h2)
puts "h1=#{h1.size}  h2=#{h2.size}"
>

> ruby b.rb
h1=100  h2=100
h1=200  h2=100
>


Sorry no profiling.. maybe someone else can add it ?

--
Simon Strandgaard