Speed tests are always a false indicator of real work. I look at the 3 points and just apply logic. But test results always look good no matter.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > haha, yes we _all_ know that the regex will be much faster. I was just > wondering about the three points I made. > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > >> >> The code that replaces each letter at a time will be much slower as it >> is looking through the entire string for a match for each letter. The >> RegEx isn't doing any real work for the pattern match as it is getting >> everything. The replace is also not a lot of work as it's just >> shifting everything within a certain range (lowercase) to a different >> range (uppercase). Ascii shift, basically. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Haha. Now THAT is a nice waste of space. I like how you test for the >> > existence of the letter before you replace it. >> > >> > This actually makes me want to run speed tests on what would be faster: >> > >> > 1. testing for existence of lowercase letter - replacing lowercase with >> > uppercase using replace. >> > 2. not testing and just replacing the lowercase with the uppercase using >> > replace. >> > 3. just using replacenocase and replacing all letters with the uppercase >> > equiv. >> > >> > I bet if I showed this code to my boss he'd be like "whoa, that's deep." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
