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array_grep.rb
# big_array has over 120,000 strings in it
def select_search(q)
big_array.select do |s|
s =~ /^#{Regexp.esecap(q)}/
end
end
def grep_search(q)
big_array.grep( /^#{Regexp.escape(q)}/ )
end
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