Re: Are Regex slower than methods from classes like String & Char?

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Hi,

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Hi

I wonder if regular expressions are in general sower than using
classes like String and
Char when used for validating/parsing text data?

I've done some simple test (using IsMatch()) method and the result was
that Regex
is either as fast or two times slower than method which used methods
from classes
String and Char.
(I tried static and object method, I also tried Compiled option)

Maybe Regex are slower only when matching is relatively simple?

That's correct.

The good thing about Regex is when you have something else but trivial
pattern, the expressivity you get with the Regex is imposible to get using
other means.


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