++ Many thanks for tracking down the problem. Much appreciated.

The results are now more in line with what I would have expected. I see that Perl's string handling function, substr, outstrips the regex solutions: I have been recommending, for a very long time, that string functions be chosen over regexes (where they provide equivalent functionality).

I should probably add some ST routines (e.g. STss, STmcs) to see how they fare; for instance, would GRTpe be faster than STss. I'm currently at $work, so I can't do that now; I'll look into it this evening (i.e. ~8-10hrs hence).

— Ken

In reply to Re^6: How can I do a numeric sort on a substring? (context matters) by kcott
in thread How can I do a numeric sort on a substring? by misterperl

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