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String.IndexOf vs. Regexp.Match

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Ashiq Alibhai, PMP

How fast is String.IndexOf vs. Regexp.Match? In a 10,000 word text, while searching for a single word located only once at the end of the text, the results were stunning: Regexp.match is more than 70x faster than the equivalent String.IndexOf. That’s a huge difference! Continue reading →

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