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[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 44 points 11 months ago

There could be a hidden quadratic cost because the string needs to be reallocated and copied multiple times.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

Not if I don't see it.

[-] aaaaaaaaargh@feddit.org 11 points 11 months ago

This is the spirit

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Not quadratic in the length of the input. Assuming replace is linear this is also linear

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