Also, forgot to add an unchecked-int: (defn count-num-chars [^String s] (let [len (.length s) space (int 32)] (loop [i (int 0), c (int 0)] (if (< i len) (recur (unchecked-inc i) (if (== (int (.charAt s i)) space) c (unchecked-inc c))) c))))
Also, any version of Clojure is fine. On Dec 22, 12:29 pm, Rayne <disciplera...@gmail.com> wrote: > I actually pasted the wrong code here: > > (defn count-num-chars [^String s] > (let [len (.length s) > space (int 32)] > (loop [i (int 0), c (int 0)] > (if (< i len) > (recur > (inc i) > (if (== (int (.charAt s i)) space) > c > (unchecked-inc c))) > c)))) > > On Dec 22, 12:19 pm, Rayne <disciplera...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > chouser wrote a solution earlier. I and a buddy modified it (a very > > little) bit and managed to get it pretty blazing: > > > ra...@ubuntu:~$ cake run ~/challenge.clj > > Chars outputted: 460 > > Time (in nanoseconds): 5768.677 > > > Here is the function: > > > (defn count-num-chars [^String s] > > (let [len (.length s) > > space (int 32)] > > (loop [i (int 0), c (int 0)] > > (if (< i len) > > (recur > > (inc i) > > (if (== (.codePointAt s i) space) > > c > > (unchecked-inc c))) > > c)))) > > > On Dec 22, 11:52 am, Rayne <disciplera...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have a piece of code, and I'd like to see how fast it can be. > > > > (defn count-num-chars [^String s] > > > (loop [s s acc 0] > > > (if (seq s) > > > (recur (rest s) (if (= (first s) \space) acc (inc acc))) > > > acc))) > > > > This is the fastest I've been able to get it. The function is very > > > simple. It takes a string and counts the number of non-space > > > characters inside of that string. > > > > I've been testing this code against a 460 non-space character string. > > > Here is the entire source, benchmarking and all: > > > > (def s (apply str (repeat 20 "This is a really long string"))) > > > > (defn count-num-chars [^String s] > > > (loop [s s acc 0] > > > (if (seq s) > > > (recur (rest s) (if (= (first s) \space) acc (inc acc))) > > > acc))) > > > > (println "Chars outputted:" (count-num-chars s)) > > > > (let [before (System/nanoTime)] > > > (dotimes [_ 1000] > > > (count-num-chars s)) > > > (let [after (System/nanoTime)] > > > (println "Time (in nanoseconds):" (/ (- after before) 1000.0)))) > > > > Running it gives me around 137343.295 nanoseconds. I've seen some Java > > > algorithms that could run at just under 3000 nanoseconds. > > > > Hide your children and hide your women; I want to see the direst, > > > nastiest, rawest, fastest possible implementation of this function. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en