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   Message 67,786 of 68,980   
   JJ to Tom Del Rosso   
   Re: Get String Length   
   06 Sep 21 14:07:40   
   
   From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 5 Sep 2021 12:53:16 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   > JJ wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 03:07:18 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >>> JJ wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 03:08:01 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What does HasStr do? Find a substring?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes. A sub to check the existence of a substring when the index of   
   >>>> the substring doesn't matter. It's basically just a sub which finds   
   >>>> the index of a substring.   
   >>>   
   >>> So you're thinking of doing it this way?   
   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >> Huh? Why are you using string lengths to check the existence of a   
   >> substring?   
   >   
   > I don't know! I thought that was what you were suggesting when you said:   
   >   
   > "The method could be used as a fast `HasStr` sub. :)"   
      
   By "method", I meant the algorithm. Not the sub itself as is.   
      
   But nevermind though, cause I found out that the divide-and-conquer   
   algorithm can't be used as a faster substring search than sequential one.   
      
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