Benchmark: timing 1000000 iterations of regexp, split, substr...
    regexp: 16 wallclock secs (16.27 usr +  0.03 sys = 16.30 CPU)
     split: 17 wallclock secs (15.88 usr +  0.00 sys = 15.88 CPU)
    substr:  6 wallclock secs ( 5.32 usr +  0.00 sys =  5.32 CPU)