Robert Brown wrote: > > R. Joseph Newton writes: > > When used consciously, with at least a general awareness of the processing > > load being invoked, regexes can do some really incredible things. > > Thanks! I especially appreciate the example you gave showing how to > trim both ends of a string: that it is more efficient to trim each end > as a seperate case that to trim them both in the same regex. That is > the kind of empirical advice I was hoping to get.
If you want the power of regexes and the speed of C you may want to look at embedding Perl as an API. Look at perldoc perlembed if you have Perl installed. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
