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  • September 22, 2010 at 7:20 am

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    Mike Menser (9/22/2010)

    Can someone please explain the drawback of having a nested replace?

    It can be awkward to get all those pesky commas and brackets in the right place? Small price to pay for top performance. Nested REPLACE's are super-speedy.

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