On 3/27/07, Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What's the more fast ? 1) perl -pi -e 's/foo/bar/g' file.txt 2) open the file and make modifications
What happens when you time both programs? It may be that the answer for me with my data on my hardware is different than the answer for you with your data on your hardware. If you're asking whether a Perl one-liner is slower or faster than the equivalent program written out in a file, any difference in performance should be insignificant under all normal circumstances. One liners run at top speed, just as all other programs do. If you're trying to optimize your algorithms, though, I'd expect that the best answer depends upon the nature of your data, so be sure you do tests with data similar to that you'll actually be using. Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
