# What is faster: sparse vector or a dictionary?

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**Created:** [March 31, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-faster-sparse-vector-or-a-dictionary/112341 "2024-03-31T03:34:03Z")\
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What if I never defined the name (i.e. used `_`)? Edit: That wouldn’t have helped at all.

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