Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient?

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On 04.01.2015 13:17, austin aigbe wrote
> Hi Terry,
> 
> No difference between the int and list comparison in terms of the number of calls(24) and time (0.004s). Main part is the repeated call to sqrt().
> 
> However, it took a shorter time (0.004s) with 24 function calls than your code (0.005s) which took just 13 function calls to execute.

How often did you run your measurement? 4ms is not a whole lot and can
easily be skewed by sudden system load or other noise. You should call
the function more often and/or repeat the measurement several times
before coming to a judgement (except, possibly, that it doesn’t matter).

cheers,
jwi

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list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? austin aigbe <eshikafe@gmail.com> - 2015-01-03 15:19 -0800
  Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-04 10:40 +1100
  Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-01-04 02:10 -0500
    Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? austin aigbe <eshikafe@gmail.com> - 2015-01-04 03:20 -0800
      Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? austin aigbe <eshikafe@gmail.com> - 2015-01-04 04:17 -0800
        Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-01-04 13:22 +0100
          Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-01-04 12:30 +0000
        Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-01-04 23:25 +1100
        Re: list comparison vs integer comparison, which is more efficient? Jonas Wielicki <jonas@wielicki.name> - 2015-01-04 13:24 +0100

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