Hello Travis, Thursday, February 20, 2003, 6:38:33 PM, you wrote: >> i think that better way to speed up this code is: >> >> h = data.scan(iptok).sort.uniqc.to_hash TW> I'm using Ruby 1.6.8, which doesn't have a to_hash or uniqc method. When TW> were these methods introduced? on the next lines of my letter :) my point is that better to write in C these common functions than to write specific fucntion just for your task -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz / integ.ru