Re: How to check variables for uniqueness ?
Ed wrote:
And in case anyone's interested, here are the times for HashMap. Looks
like Map is in the league of Set, and not the slow-moving List. (These
times are longer than the previous times because of current CPU
loading; relativity is the key.)
522393 duplicated words. Using java.util.HashSet, time = 789ms.
522393 duplicated words. Using java.util.TreeSet, time = 2168ms.
522393 duplicated words. Using Map , time = 1180ms.
522393 duplicated words. Using java.util.ArrayList, time = 183795ms.
522393 duplicated words. Using java.util.LinkedList, time = 274781ms.
These times are extremely interesting.
I speculate that the greater part of the difference between HashMap and
HashSet would be the second loop through the Map. Note that though the Map was
slightly slower than the Set, it delivers more information. With the Set you
only knew how many words were duplicated; with the Map you can also figure out
which words were, and how many times each one occurred.
You could, for example, use the Map to deliver the words in order of
frequency, given the right comparator over the entry set.
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