Added: other methods of slicing Hash values, when keys may not exist.

Author: kewlar

README.md

@@ -1061,6 +1061,53 @@ Comparison:
    Hash#slice#values:  4817081.6 i/s - 1.57x  slower
 ```
 
+##### `Hash#values_at` vs `Array#map { Hash#[] }`
+[code](code/hash/values_at-vs-map.rb)
+
+To select hash values by keys, when some of the keys may not exist in the hash,
+and you care about the default values. 
+
+```
+$ ruby -v code/hash/values_at-vs-map.rb
+ruby 2.6.2p47 (2019-03-13 revision 67232) [x86_64-darwin18]
+Warming up --------------------------------------
+Hash#values_at         245.809k i/100ms
+Array#map { Hash#[] }  185.153k i/100ms
+Calculating -------------------------------------
+Hash#values_at            5.284M (± 3.3%) i/s -     26.547M in   5.030606s
+Array#map { Hash#[] }     3.104M (± 2.7%) i/s -     15.553M in   5.014067s
+
+Comparison:
+Hash#values_at       :  5283787.1 i/s
+Array#map { Hash#[] }:  3104255.1 i/s - 1.70x  slower
+```
+
+##### `Hash#slice#values` vs `Hash#values_at#compact` vs `Array#map { Hash#[] }#compact`
+[code](code/hash/values_at-vs-map.rb)
+
+To select hash values by keys, when some of the keys may not exist in the hash,
+and you care only about the intersection (i.e. ignore the default values).
+
+NOTE: `#compact`-based methods only work when the default value of `Hash` is
+`nil`.
+
+```
+$ ruby -v code/hash/values_at-compact-vs-slice-values-vs-map-compact.rb
+ruby 2.6.2p47 (2019-03-13 revision 67232) [x86_64-darwin18]
+Warming up --------------------------------------
+Hash#slice#values       227.519k i/100ms
+Hash#values_at#compact  211.820k i/100ms
+Array#map#compact       159.760k i/100ms
+Calculating -------------------------------------
+Hash#slice#values         4.420M (± 1.5%) i/s -     22.297M in   5.046173s
+Hash#values_at#compact    3.926M (± 1.6%) i/s -     19.699M in   5.019481s
+Array#map#compact         2.508M (± 2.2%) i/s -     12.621M in   5.034508s
+
+Comparison:
+Hash#slice#values     :  4419599.9 i/s
+Hash#values_at#compact:  3925677.1 i/s - 1.13x  slower
+Array#map#compact     :  2508230.2 i/s - 1.76x  slower
+```
 
 ### Proc & Block
 

code/hash/values_at-compact-vs-slice-values-vs-map-compact.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'benchmark/ips'
+
+HASH = {
+  a: 'foo',
+  b: 'bar',
+  c: 'baz',
+  d: 'qux'
+}.freeze
+
+# Some of the keys may not exist in the hash; we don't care about the default values.
+KEYS = %i[a c e f].freeze
+
+# NOTE: This is the only correct method, if the default value of Hash may be not nil.
+def fast
+  HASH.slice(*KEYS).values
+end
+
+def slow
+  HASH.values_at(*KEYS).compact
+end
+
+def slowest
+  KEYS.map { |key| HASH[key] }.compact
+end
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.report('Hash#slice#values     ') { fast }
+  x.report('Hash#values_at#compact') { slow }
+  x.report('Array#map#compact     ') { slowest }
+  x.compare!
+end

code/hash/values_at-vs-map.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require 'benchmark/ips'
+
+HASH = {
+  a: 'foo',
+  b: 'bar',
+  c: 'baz',
+  d: 'qux'
+}.freeze
+
+# Some of the keys may not exist in the hash; we want to keep the default values.
+KEYS = %i[a c e f].freeze
+
+def fast
+  HASH.values_at(*KEYS)
+end
+
+def slow
+  KEYS.map { |key| HASH[key] }
+end
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.report('Hash#values_at       ') { fast }
+  x.report('Array#map { Hash#[] }') { slow }
+  x.compare!
+end