Re: efficient way to use matched string in variable substitution

[L A Walsh]

On 2021/08/23 12:10, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 11:36:52AM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
>   
> > Starting with a number N, is there
> > an easy way to print its digits into an array?
> >     
>
> "Easy"?  Or "efficient"?  Your subject header says one, but your body
> says the other.
>   
Efficient, in my vocabulary, also includes my time in coding, typing
and remembering ... i.e. it's not just limited to computer time. :-)

However, thanks for the examples!  I do appreciate them!

The problem with using timing tests on interpreted code, is that
often what takes 'X' time today, may take more or less tomorrow
after many refactorings, patches and code-restructuring.

That isn't to day I don't use the same methods at times on specific
problems...oh well...

Computer algorithms, coding styles, languages and benchmarks are pretty
fleeting these days...not to mention different on different platforms and
by different compilers...sigh.

I remember counting clock cycles in assembler code...oi!