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Regular expression speed and error rates
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John Cook
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July 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Computing
Medical codes
Regular expressions
Regular expressions
software development
Error Rates
performance
Summary
This blog post revisits an earlier exploration of regular expressions, focusing on their speed and error rates, including discussions on false positives and negatives, and their advantages in certain contexts.
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