[SDPhantom]

I don't have time to run it at the moment, but here's a modified version of a comparison function I used in another thread. If nobody replies with the printed results, I'll run it later tonight.

local function func1()
--  Put Function 1 code here
    return ("a !teST message"):find("![tT][eE][sS][tT]");
end
 
local function func2()
--  Put Function 2 code here
    return ("a !teST message"):lower():find("!test");
end
 
--  These are run a lot, need local pointers
local math,debugprofilestart,debugprofilestop=math,debugprofilestart,debugprofilestop;
SlashCmdList.FUNCTEST=function()
    local l1,l2,h1,h2;
    local s1,s2,c1,c2=0,0,0,0;
    for i=1,1000000 do
        local t1,t2;
 
--      Mix up the order these functions are run (Sometimes this affects run times)
        if i%2>0 then
            debugprofilestart(); func1(); t1=debugprofilestop();
            debugprofilestart(); func2(); t2=debugprofilestop();
        else
            debugprofilestart(); func2(); t2=debugprofilestop();
            debugprofilestart(); func1(); t1=debugprofilestop();
        end
 
--      Add to total times
        s1=s1+t1;
        s2=s2+t2;
 
--      Compare which ran the shortest and increment relevant "Best" count
--      Note: Times can be equal, in which ignore and calculate "Equal" count later
        if t1<t2 then
            c1=c1+1;
        elseif t1>t2 then
            c2=c2+1;
        end
 
--      Set/Update min/max vars
        if not l1 then
            l1,h1,l2,h2=t1,t1,t2,t2;
        else
            l1=math.min(l1,t1);
            l2=math.min(l2,t2);
            h1=math.max(h1,t1);
            h2=math.max(h2,t2);
        end
    end
 
--  Print results
    print("Totals",s1,s2);
    print("Avg",s1/1000000,s2/1000000);
    print("High",h1,h2);
    print("Low",l1,l2);
    print("Best",c1,c2);
    print("Equal",1000000-c1-c2);
end;
 
SLASH_FUNCTEST1="/functest";