Hey Thanks to both of you, I presumed that one statement means less computing time, but your posts proved that's not always the case.
Cool & Thanks for your inputs Davido, ..will go thru em.
Blessings
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If you want to know why, then I recommend you get a copy of Jeffrey Friedl's book "Mastering Regular Expressions". It explains exactly how this sort of thing works and the how to develop regular expressions efficiently.