scrabble_benchmarking.rb

POINTS = {
  "A" => 1, "B" => 3, "C" => 3, "D" => 2,
  "E" => 1, "F" => 4, "G" => 2, "H" => 4,
  "I" => 1, "J" => 8, "K" => 5, "L" => 1,
  "M" => 3, "N" => 1, "O" => 1, "P" => 3,
  "Q" => 10, "R" => 1, "S" => 1, "T" => 1,
  "U" => 1, "V" => 4, "W" => 4, "X" => 8,
  "Y" => 4, "Z" => 10
}

POINTS_BY_FIXNUM = POINTS.map{ |k, v| [k.bytes.first, v] }.to_h

ASCII_CAPITALISATION_BITMASK = (255 - 32) # Mask off all but bit 6

class Scrabble
  def self.hackling(word)
    word ||= ""
    return 0 if word == ""

    word.upcase.chars.map {|char| POINTS[char] }.inject(&:+)
  end

  def self.jma(word)
    String(word).upcase.each_char.map { |char| POINTS[char] }.inject(0, :+)
  end

  def self.fuzzmonkey(word)
    word.to_s.chars.map{|c| POINTS[c.upcase].to_i }.inject(:+).to_i
  end

  def self.hybrid(word)
    # I thought upcasing in the block might be faster by saving a pass through the array
    String(word).each_char.map { |char| POINTS[char.upcase] }.inject(0, :+)
  end

  def self.hybrid2(word)
    word ||= ""
    return 0 if word == ""

    word.chars.map {|char| POINTS[char.upcase] }.inject(&:+)
  end

  def self.parameme(word)
    return 0 unless (word && word.is_a?(String) && word.size > 0)
    word.each_byte.reduce(0) { |_, byte| _ + POINTS_BY_FIXNUM.fetch(byte & ASCII_CAPITALISATION_BITMASK) }
  end
end

require "fruity"

word = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"
compare do
  hackling { Scrabble.hackling(word) }
  jma { Scrabble.jma(word) }
  fuzzmonkey { Scrabble.fuzzmonkey(word) }
  hybrid { Scrabble.hybrid(word) }
  hybrid2 { Scrabble.hybrid2(word) }
  parameme { Scrabble.parameme(word) }
end

TIMES = 500_000
require 'benchmark'
word = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"

puts "Number of Times: #{TIMES}"
puts ""
puts "Long Word"
word = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"
Benchmark.bm(12) do |x|
  x.report("hackling: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hackling(word) } }
  x.report("     jma: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.jma(word) } }
  x.report("fuzzmnky: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.fuzzmonkey(word) } }
  x.report("  hybrid: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid(word) } }
  x.report(" hybrid2: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid2(word) } }
  x.report("parameme: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.parameme(word) } }
end

puts ""
puts "Short Word"
word = "qwerty"
Benchmark.bm(12) do |x|
  x.report("hackling: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hackling(word) } }
  x.report("     jma: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.jma(word) } }
  x.report("fuzzmnky: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.fuzzmonkey(word) } }
  x.report("  hybrid: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid(word) } }
  x.report(" hybrid2: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid2(word) } }
  x.report("parameme: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.parameme(word) } }
end

puts ""
puts "Nil Word"
word = nil
Benchmark.bm(12) do |x|
  x.report("hackling: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hackling(word) } }
  x.report("     jma: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.jma(word) } }
  x.report("fuzzmnky: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.fuzzmonkey(word) } }
  x.report("  hybrid: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid(word) } }
  x.report(" hybrid2: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid2(word) } }
  x.report("parameme: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.parameme(word) } }
end

puts ""
puts "Empty Word"
word = ""
Benchmark.bm(12) do |x|
  x.report("hackling: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hackling(word) } }
  x.report("     jma: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.jma(word) } }
  x.report("fuzzmnky: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.fuzzmonkey(word) } }
  x.report(" hybrid2: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.hybrid2(word) } }
  x.report("parameme: ") { TIMES.times { Scrabble.parameme(word) } }
end