Comments on: A different view of strings http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Elad Ossadon http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14901 Elad Ossadon Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:39:08 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14901 Nice one.<br>A better way would be: id.split("_").pop() in case you accidentally have one more underscore.<br>BTW, String#split using a string is preferred over regexp if you don't need a regexp. It's 35% faster. Nice one.
A better way would be: id.split(“_”).pop() in case you accidentally have one more underscore.
BTW, String#split using a string is preferred over regexp if you don't need a regexp. It's 35% faster.

]]> By: John Sheehan http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14902 John Sheehan Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:42:23 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14902 Thanks Elad. Do you have any data to back up that performance claim? Thanks Elad. Do you have any data to back up that performance claim?

]]> By: Elad Ossadon http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14621 Elad Ossadon Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:09:10 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14621 Sure:<br><br><script type="text/javascript"><br>var d=new Date();<br>for (var i=100000;i--;) {<br> "object_123".split("_");<br>}<br>alert(new Date()-d);<br><br>var d=new Date();<br>for (var i=100000;i--;) {<br> "object_123".split(/_/);<br>}<br>alert(new Date()-d);<br></script> Sure:

<script type=”text/javascript”>
var d=new Date();
for (var i=100000;i–;) {
“object_123″.split(“_”);
}
alert(new Date()-d);

var d=new Date();
for (var i=100000;i–;) {
“object_123″.split(/_/);
}
alert(new Date()-d);
</script>

]]> By: Elad Ossadon http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14620 Elad Ossadon Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:39:08 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14620 Nice one.<br>A better way would be: id.split("_").pop() in case you accidentally have one more underscore.<br>BTW, String#split using a string is preferred over regexp if you don't need a regexp. It's 35% faster. Nice one.
A better way would be: id.split(“_”).pop() in case you accidentally have one more underscore.
BTW, String#split using a string is preferred over regexp if you don't need a regexp. It's 35% faster.

]]> By: John Sheehan http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14618 John Sheehan Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:01:36 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14618 I haven't. For this scenario I don't think it will be a bottleneck. I haven't. For this scenario I don't think it will be a bottleneck.

]]> By: kpanghmc http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-14617 kpanghmc Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:46:03 +0000 http://john-sheehan.com/blog/a-different-view-of-strings/#comment-14617 Have you done any performance testing on this? I know that regexes in .NET code tend to be on the slower end. Not sure about javascript regex performance though. Have you done any performance testing on this? I know that regexes in .NET code tend to be on the slower end. Not sure about javascript regex performance though.

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