Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!brendan From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: efficient sets Message-ID: Date: 9 Apr 91 02:46:55 GMT Organization: Widener CS Dept Lines: 18 I'm writing a program that uses the table of areacodes; it's in the form: @ac{'ME'} = ( 207 ); @ac{'PA'} = ( 215, 412, 717, 814 ); etc etc. Is there a more efficient way of doing this? I'm looking for the fastest way it'll be able to access the tables. Thanks for any suggestions. Brendan -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone Now that we know he has ID, we could give him an account. finger bush@cs....