Peter Trim modifies the string in situ.
Your trim code only does it once but parse is working 10,000 x. On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Peter Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/10/7 Izkata <[email protected]> > >> >> If all you're doing is stripping characters, I suggest 'trim - >> >> >> trim/with {I'm so not here} {' } >> =3D3D=3D3D "Imsonothere" >> >> Is parse faster in this case? >> >> > Trim is much faster than parse for your example. It is a native function. > speedtest: func [][ > =A0 =A0st: now/precise > =A0 =A0loop 10000 [stripped: trim/with teststring "' "] > =A0 =A0et: now/precise > =A0 =A0print ["10000 trim/with took:" difference et st] > =A0 =A0st: now/precise > =A0 =A0strip: charset [#" " #"'"] > =A0 =A0not-strip: complement strip > =A0 =A0loop 10000 [ > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0stripped: copy "" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0parse teststring [any [copy str some not-strip (insert tai= l stripped > str) | some strip]] > =A0 =A0] > =A0 =A0et: now/precise > =A0 =A0print ["10000 parse took:" difference et st] > ] > >>> speedtest > 10000 trim/with took: 0:00:00.007205 > 10000 parse took: 0:00:00.05729 > > Regards > Peter > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > --=20 Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse - the use from anywhere EMR. -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
