Re: removing text from a string
| From: | Jim Lucas | Date: | Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: removing text from a string | ||
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Thodoris wrote:
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>> Ashley Sheridan a écrit :
>>
>>> Thats a lot of code when a couple of lines and a regex will do ;)
>>
>> Maybe because the use of the regex is pointless here. A bazooka to
>> kill the fly ? :)
>>
>
> I couldn't agree more. Not to mention that they are probably slower.
>
> PS Don't get me wrong I like perl and pcre but it is pointless here.
>
Personal choice, and yes my testing has proven that a regex is faster then the multiple function
calls or if conditions needed to accomplish the same
thing.
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Jim Lucas
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and some have greatness thrust upon them."
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