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hoolio
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Oct 07, 2009

matchclass versus class in v10 for address comparisons?

Is there any advantage to using class match versus matchclass to evaluate an IP address against an address type datagroup? Here is a simple iRule I used to test class/matchclass for an IP aga...
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Mar 30, 2011
Here is Joe's test results comparing the performance for the 10.x class command with if/elseif/else, switch, switch -glob and matchclass:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1086424/Comparing-iRule-Control-Statements.aspx

 

 

The class command wins out dramatically in just about every case.

 

 

Aaron