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This unfortunately is significantly longer to execute than the boolean OR. The grep has to test every value, whereas the if statement uses short-circuit boolean logic to stop testing values as soon as a match is found.
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Re^3: Using IF and OR, I'm sure there is a better way
by ysth (Canon) on Dec 15, 2005 at 08:48 UTC
    "significantly"? Maybe a significant factor longer, but if the OP was even considering writing it in a long || ... || ... ||, there aren't enough elements to make it significant in absolute terms.
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