use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw(cmpthese); my %subnets; my %filers_info; my @subnets = ( { 'id' => '1', 'location_id' => '30', 'subnet' => '255.255.255.0' }, { 'id' => '2', 'location_id' => '13', 'subnet' => '255.255.254.0' }, { 'id' => '3', 'location_id' => '19', 'subnet' => '255.255.0.0' }, ); my @filers_info = ( { 'id' => '1', 'location_id' => '19', 'info' => 'blah1', }, { 'id' => '2', 'location_id' => '30', 'info' => 'blah1', }, { 'id' => '3', 'location_id' => '30', 'info' => 'blah1', }, ); push @{ $subnets{ $_->{'location_id'} } }, $_ for @subnets; push @{ $filers_info{ $_->{'location_id'} } }, $_ for @filers_info; sub original { my @total_filers; foreach my $subnet (@subnets) { my @found_filers = grep { $_->{'location_id'} == $subnet->{'location_id'} } @filers_info; push @total_filers, @found_filers; } } sub hashed { my @total_filers; exists $subnets{$_} and push @total_filers, @{ $filers_info{$_} } for keys %filers_info; } cmpthese( -5, { original => sub { original() }, hashed => sub { hashed() }, } ); #### $VAR1 = [ { 'info' => 'blah1', 'location_id' => '30', 'id' => '2' }, { 'info' => 'blah1', 'location_id' => '30', 'id' => '3' }, { 'info' => 'blah1', 'location_id' => '19', 'id' => '1' } ]; #### Rate original hashed original 282623/s -- -64% hashed 780346/s 176% --