# N/e thing faster than grep

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/n-e-thing-faster-than-grep/113529>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 1, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/n-e-thing-faster-than-grep/113529 "2007-09-01T06:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dreamwave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dreamwave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dreamwave)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/n-e-thing-faster-than-grep/113529/1 "2007-09-01T06:03:58Z")

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whats a faster comparison method than grep say if i wanted to pull out  
some numbers / text outa some array?

-Thanks