Re^3: fast greedy regex

I was going to suggest substr() (which is around twice as fast as any of these to extract just these three pieces of data, perfectly formatted) - until I saw the real regex being used. I can't imagine substr, unpack or any rigidly formatted extraction method is any use at all for that lot.

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Re^4: fast greedy regex by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 08, 2004 at 09:38 UTC
The thing that really queers the pitch is the quoted field 2/3rds of the way down each line. Without that, you could use the magic form of split and it would (probably) be quicker. As it is, I can't see any way of improving the performance over the long, but actually quite fast regex. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail	[reply]

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Re^4: fast greedy regex
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 08, 2004 at 09:38 UTC

The thing that really queers the pitch is the quoted field 2/3rds of the way down each line. Without that, you could use the magic form of split and it would (probably) be quicker. As it is, I can't see any way of improving the performance over the long, but actually quite fast regex.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail

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