question about speed of sequential string replacement vs regex or

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Xah" == Xah Lee <xahlee at gmail.com> writes:

Xah> curious question.
Xah> suppose you have 300 different strings and they need all be replaced
Xah> to say "aaa".

And then suppose this isn't the *real* question, but one entirely of
Fiction by Xah Lee.

How helpful do you want to be?

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