Large hash keys & hash performance (sorry if duplicated)

Right now my program is stomping my CPU... How do the following attribute of a hash key: size (something like an alphanumeric string about 70 chars wide) similarity (groups of about 30% of the keys are similar for the 1st n-10 characters affect the performance of: key listings (things l

Re: Large hash keys & hash performance

On 03/26, Jenda Krynicky said something like: > From: "Jonathan E. Paton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > affect the performance of: > > > key listings (things like grep /pattern/, keys %hash) > > > > Grep can be slow, especially with patterns. Keys > > could be slow, especially if the d

Filehandles named with a variable

the data gets out of hand... TIA for any help. -- Mr Hash [EMAIL PROTECTED] I invented the cordless extension cord -- Stephen Wright -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Filehandles named with a variable

> > it work? I need arbitrarily named filehandles. I know, it > > could get rended with gobbleworts if the data gets out of hand... > > Have you tried using eval, like: > > eval "open ($1 ">>$file")