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From: ralph@CS.ARIZONA.EDU ("Ralph Griswold")
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Subject: Re:  Efficiency of search
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Date: 19 Jan 91 17:30:53 GMT
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find("c",s) is faster than upto('c',s).  The reason is the extra time
needed to set up the character table for upto().

The difference is small, however.

  Ralph Griswold / Dept of Computer Science / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721
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