Re: Is one form of character substitution better than the other, and if so, why?

For the example you provided the regex approach will run faster and be easier to read. I tend to prefer intuitive code over fast code except when it really matters.

To satisfy your curiosity you can play with the Benchmark module, which turnstep wrote a tutorial for in this node.

As you benchmark more of your code you may find yourself committing one of the cardinal sins - premature optimization.

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Re^2: Is one form of character substitution better than the other, and if so, why? by OfficeLinebacker (Chaplain) on Aug 21, 2006 at 17:26 UTC
Thanks, I have to look into premature optimization...it sounds like the kind of thing about which a woman might tell me "It's OK, it happens to everybody." _________________________________________________________________________________ I like computer programming because it's like Legos for the mind.	[reply]
Re^3: Is one form of character substitution better than the other, and if so, why? by CountZero (Bishop) on Aug 21, 2006 at 20:10 UTC
I wouldn't want to be found around women who know what happens to everybody. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]