From: Daniel Brockman <daniel@...>
Date: 2005-07-10T00:06:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Strings vs arrays

Luke Worth <luke@worth.id.au> writes:

> Hi.
>
> I am wanting to parse large files (of source code) by reading byte by
> byte and converting certain patterns into different strings. I can think
> of a couple of ways to do this (starting with the source code in a
> String):
>      1. String#split(//) -> array, then use Array#shift (maybe slow to
>         convert to array?)
>      2. Keep a counter and use String#[] (which seems unrubyish to me)
>
> Which of these would be preferable? Does anyone know of any better ways?

Why not use String#shift, which is O(1)?

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Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>