StringBuilder vs. Concatenation
1: Intro
After the if vs. ternary deathmatch I started wondering just how much slower string concatenation was versus using a StringBuilder. Below are the test and results, not very surprising though.
2: Code
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 | using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Diagnostics; namespace ConsoleApplication4 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string[] words = ("Quisque in neque at orci congue " + "tempor. Donec id eros velit, eu " + "sodales est. Sed purus eros, tempor " + "id ultricies eget, volutpat a mauris. " + "Suspendisse potenti. Suspendisse id " + "ligula nec felis mattis pellentesque " + "nec quis ipsum. Vivamus sed metus nunc, " + "non eleifend ligula. Sed mollis sagittis " + "pellentesque. Nam sit amet ante ut risus " + "pulvinar rhoncus. Vestibulum molestie " + "feugiat leo sed placerat. Sed consectetur " + "velit ut magna molestie molestie tincidunt " + "magna viverra. Quisque eu diam lacus. Sed " + "blandit, felis vel sollicitudin pellentesque, " + "sapien nisl ullamcorper mauris, dapibus " + "accumsan diam augue et diam. Ut suscipit " + "nibh pretium nisi pulvinar vitae condimentum " + "felis mattis. Donec justo orci, gravida in " + "aliquam et, cursus sit amet sapien. Pellentesque " + "mauris ipsum, ornare ac blandit nec, pretium " + "nec purus. Curabitur malesuada, lectus at " + "fermentum tempus, risus orci condimentum " + "lorem, id consequat dolor velit sed arcu. " + "Duis hendrerit rutrum tellus, a dignissim " + "velit facilisis ac. Curabitur pretium quam a " + "metus sagittis mattis. Cum sociis natoque " + "penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, " + "nascetur ridiculus mus.").Split(" ".ToCharArray()); TimeSpan concatenationTestTime = TestConcatenation(words); TimeSpan stringbuilderTestTime = TestStringBuilder(words); Console.WriteLine(string.Format("StringBuilder: {0}", stringbuilderTestTime)); Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Concatenation: {0}", concatenationTestTime)); Console.ReadLine(); } static TimeSpan TestConcatenation(string[] words) { string finalResult = string.Empty; Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch(); sw.Start(); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { foreach (string word in words) { finalResult = finalResult + word; finalResult = finalResult + " "; } } sw.Stop(); return sw.Elapsed; } static TimeSpan TestStringBuilder(string[] words) { string finalResult = string.Empty; StringBuilder full = new StringBuilder(); Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch(); sw.Start(); for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { foreach (string word in words) { full.Append(word); full.Append(" "); } } finalResult = full.ToString(); sw.Stop(); return sw.Elapsed; } } } |
3: Results
The not too surprising results: StringBuilder is a lot faster than string concatenation.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| StringBuilder vs. Concatenation VS2008 Project | 32.69 KB |
I didn't see those results
I didn't see those results coming...
Can I guess as to the translation of the words? How about "These go to eleven"?
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