which one is more efficient

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Steven D'Aprano:
bearophile:
> > The new string search done by Effbot is really good :-)
> Care to explain what "new string search" you're referring to? Inquiring
> minds want to know.

I meant this good work you can find in Python 2.5:
http://effbot.org/zone/stringlib.htm

Bye,
bearophile