Bench between Array and Dict in Julia

BenchDictArray.jl

function findarg(args::Vector{(Symbol, ASCIIString)}, key::Symbol, default)
    for (s, v) in args
        is(key, s) && return v
    end

    return default
end



function benchDict(kwargs::Dict{Symbol, ASCIIString}, keys::Vector{Symbol})
    for i = 1:100000
        for s in keys
            res = get(kwargs, s, "Impossible")
        end
    end
end


function benchArray(kwargs::Vector{(Symbol, ASCIIString)}, keys::Vector{Symbol})
    for i = 1:100000
        for s in keys
            res = findarg(kwargs, s, "Impossible")
        end
    end
end

function bench(output::Bool)
    for nbElem in 1:100
        # Create keys
        keys = [symbol(randstring(10)) for i = 1:nbElem]
        # Create values
        values = [randstring(10) for i = 1:nbElem]

        # Dict
        kwargs = Dict{Symbol, ASCIIString}(keys, values)
        t1 = @elapsed benchDict(kwargs, keys)

        # Array
        kwargs = collect(zip(keys, values))
        t2 = @elapsed benchArray(kwargs, keys)

        if output
            println("Test $nbElem, t_dict: $t1, t_array: $t2")

            if (t1 - t2) <= 0
                println("> \033[31m", "Dict", "\033[37m", " is faster: $(t2 - t1)")
            else
                println("> \033[32m", "Array", "\033[37m", " is faster: $(t1 - t2)")
            end
        end
    end
end


bench(false)
bench(true)