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Perl vs. Python -- regular expressions
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The question http:Q_27777566.html (Should I first learn Perl or Python?) led to discussion on regular expressions in Perl an Python. Purpose of this question is to summarize up-to-date information on the subject. If you are expert in Python and/or Perl, please suggest/write the benchmarks and help to collect the references related to the subject.
Let the http://stuffivelearned.org/doku.php?id=programming:general:phpvspythonvsperl be the starter (but it is rather obsolete).
Thanks,
Petr
The question http:Q_27777566.html (Should I first learn Perl or Python?) led to discussion on regular expressions in Perl an Python. Purpose of this question is to summarize up-to-date information on the subject. If you are expert in Python and/or Perl, please suggest/write the benchmarks and help to collect the references related to the subject.
Let the http://stuffivelearned.org/doku.php?id=programming:general:phpvspythonvsperl be the starter (but it is rather obsolete).
Thanks,
Petr
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HonorGod
I don't know Python, but I was reading over that thread and the stats link you posted and wondered if we use qr(), would the Perl regex's be faster. I haven't run any benchmarks and don't have time right now to test it.
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I do not use Perl these days, but qr// makes sense when the same regular expression is reused many times (e.g. in the loop). Then it should be faster than just using q//. The qr in Perl should be equivalent of re.compile in Python. It makes sense to compare the variants this way in benchmarks.
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@wilcoxon: Let's focus on just one or two examples to start with. What Perl version do you use?
At home, I think all of my installs are Perl 14.2 (16.x is the latest).
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I guess that the question did not attract enough attention. This way, it is probably not usefull/important. If you do not object, I am going to ask for deletion.
That's fine. I was curious but have been very busy lately. I'll still likely play around with it at some point. Did you see anything that was obviously inefficient in the python scripts on the original link?
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Well, there is probably not too much Python code to be completely wrong. Byt the way of writing the loop is rather strange:
...
fh = open(logfile)
while True:
line = fh.readline()
if not line: break
for r in res:
m = r.search(line)
if m:
counter += 1
break
fh.close()
...
...
f = open(logfile)
for line in f:
for r in res:
m = r.search(line)
if m:
counter += 1
break
f.close()
...
...
with open(logfile) as f:
for line in f:
for r in res:
m = r.search(line)
if m:
counter += 1
break
...
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@HonorGod: OK. Then, it should continue somewhere to something tangible. We should decide for some examples for testing the regular expression capability.
agreed.
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I have just split the points hastily to close the question. The really Happy New Year to everyone :)
Thank you, and thanks for the assist, and points.
Good luck & have a Happy New Year.
Good luck & have a Happy New Year.