Comments on: Python Speed: Getting the first part of a string http://juliank.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/python-speed-getting-the-first-part-of-a-string/ Ubuntu Member | Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe | Developer Sun, 18 May 2008 10:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: elghinn http://juliank.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/python-speed-getting-the-first-part-of-a-string/#comment-193 elghinn Fri, 02 May 2008 10:17:13 +0000 http://juliank.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-193 If the string in "a" is a bit different, resultat is different too O:) In [1]: a = 'ijtgvtrVC/ytrvyvcytv/vcytvcyt' In [2]: timeit a.split('/', 1)[0] 1000000 loops, best of 3: 847 ns per loop In [3]: timeit a.split('/')[0] 1000000 loops, best of 3: 850 ns per loop If the string in “a” is a bit different, resultat is different too O :)

In [1]: a = ‘ijtgvtrVC/ytrvyvcytv/vcytvcyt’

In [2]: timeit a.split(’/', 1)[0]
1000000 loops, best of 3: 847 ns per loop

In [3]: timeit a.split(’/')[0]
1000000 loops, best of 3: 850 ns per loop

]]> By: Alexandre http://juliank.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/python-speed-getting-the-first-part-of-a-string/#comment-136 Alexandre Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:57:05 +0000 http://juliank.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-136 By the way, I think sequence unpacking is slightly faster than indexing: x, _, _ = a.partition('/') By the way, I think sequence unpacking is slightly faster than indexing:

x, _, _ = a.partition(’/')

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