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Posted by Andy Jeffries on 06/21/06 18:32
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:17:25 +0200, Juliette wrote:
> Oops.. I obviously posted too quickly (and yes, I didn't test the code
> before posting, just did it off-hand).
I tend to do the same thing, it's only because I have a particular
interest in optimising functions/code that I took an interest in this
thread.
> Interesting to see the ensuing discussion this has brought. I normally
> use preg myself, but just couldn't think of how to do this one. In that
> respect I still have a nice challenge (regex) I'm working on myself
> which I can't seem to get right.
That's a good point, I think Rik's regex is probably optimal (and indeed
that's the way I'd have done it) but is there a faster regex?
> Just in case someone is interested, you can find the corrected code from
> my function below. I've also gotten rid of some of the 'fluff' which I
> only put in to make the code easier to understand. About the extra
> delimiter: that was not explicite in the requirements given by the OP,
> so that's why I didn't take that into account. The below function does
> however deal with that correctly, i.e. the way you suggested it ought to
> work.
Cool, tested - result below :-)
> The regex will still win, but I would guess this is slightly faster than
> my earlier function.
Indeed it is, this function runs in 0.4208 seconds making it the second
fasted non-regex function.
Cheers,
Andy
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