Regex (MatchText) speed

Mark Wieder mwieder at ahsoftware.net
Thu Jun 24 12:53:55 EDT 2004


Mark-

Thursday, June 24, 2004, 7:03:48 AM, you wrote:

MB> You learn something new everyday around here. I didn't know that
MB> offset() worked faster in "caseSensitive to TRUE" mode.

Hindsight is wonderful. It makes sense, now that I think about it. If
caseSensitive were false the engine would have to do a couple of
conversions before each test. That would have to slow it down. I gotta
file this tip away somewhere.

-- 
-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net



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