On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Remco van 't Veer <rwvtv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Simpler and faster: > > (count (clojure.string/replace s " " ""))
Simpler, yes, but not at all faster: Time (in nanoseconds): 120485.9396 This is about comparable to the slow, unoptimized loop posted at the start of this thread. Frankly, I'm surprised it's not even worse since it creates a whole extra string object on top of that. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en