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Regexp performance is faster when you "precompile" (examples from JavaScript Performance Rocks!)
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directly-passed-regexp.js
function directPassing ( string )
{
return string.match( /abc/ );
}
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precompiled-regexp.js
var REGEXP = /abc/;
function variablePassing( string )
{
return string.match( REGEXP );
}
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