Re^3: Regex, capturing variables vs. speed

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Even faster is to use a single match, but to be explicit about what you're looking for, i.e.

            'Better' => sub {
                $line =~
                    /(chr\S*).*?urn:lsid:(\S*).*?panel:([^:]*)/i
            }
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It's always better to write (\S*)\s than (.*?)\s, because you're making it clear to the matching engine exactly what you're looking for (non-space characters in this case).

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Re^4: Regex, capturing variables vs. speed by albert (Monk) on Oct 30, 2005 at 21:06 UTC
Thanks. Speed yet better as you say.... `Rate Sep Non Death_star Better Sep 158510/s -- -10% -23% -65% Non 175363/s 11% -- -15% -61% Death_star 206769/s 30% 18% -- -54% Better 449757/s 184% 156% 118% --` [download] -albert	[reply] [d/l]

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