Regexes aren't slow. Regex stuff on strings is actually quite fast, and from the standpoint of practical speed there is no significant difference.
An example of what you're trying to do that I could fix up would be handy. ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name] pbcomm wrote: > True. On the other hand that would mean calling more functions and > using slow regex. > I would think prepending "/" if .browser.msie is faster. > > On Jun 18, 3:42 pm, Daniel Friesen <nadir.seen.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another option you have is grabbing .attr('href') and using a regex to >> extract the portion you want. >> >> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name] >> >> >> >> pbcomm wrote: >> >>> I'm working with A elements and checking the pathname on click to >>> provide different actions depending on link (href) path. >>> But I do see what you mean, it will require setting the pathname >>> property on the element. >>> >>> On Jun 18, 3:24 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Unfortunately that would involve changing the property on the DOM >>>> object itself, which is something that jQuery doesn't handle. >>>> >>>> Which element(s) are you working with that have the pathname associated >>>> with it? >>>> >>>> --John >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, pbcomm<pbc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The pathname property of links is missing a leading slash on IE and I >>>>> was wondering if this should be the fix event functionality. >>>>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
