Re^2: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces

a question on implementation... would the + make the regex any faster, since it matches more before it substitues?
not that it matters at all in a case like this... just wondering, to file away in my "pieces of worthless trivia" section of the brain.

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Re^3: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces by davidrw (Prior) on May 16, 2005 at 02:57 UTC
I was thinking the same thing as i posted that, and I don't know -- I was actually thinking of posting it as a question.. i guess i'll do that now. Update: I forked this to a new thread: regex internals: quantifiers vs global match	[reply]
Re^4: regex to remove all non a-z and spaces by northwind (Hermit) on May 16, 2005 at 06:08 UTC
Synopsis from forked thread: Yes it does. At least for average and special cases (pathological ones are another matter).	[reply]