Fastest C# Case Insenstive String Replace

private static string ReplaceEx(string original,
string pattern, string replacement)
{
int count, position0, position1;
count = position0 = position1 = 0;
string upperString = original.ToUpper();
string upperPattern = pattern.ToUpper();
int inc = (original.Length/pattern.Length) *
(replacement.Length-pattern.Length);
char [] chars = new char[original.Length + Math.Max(0, inc)];
while( (position1 = upperString.IndexOf(upperPattern,
position0)) != -1 )
{
for ( int i=position0 ; i < position1 ; ++i )
chars[count++] = original[i];
for ( int i=0 ; i < replacement.Length ; ++i )
chars[count++] = replacement[i];
position0 = position1+pattern.Length;
}
if ( position0 == 0 ) return original;
for ( int i=position0 ; i < original.Length ; ++i )
chars[count++] = original[i];
return new string(chars, 0, count);
}

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