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Re: Speed: sprintf vs. & operator

• Posted by "Carl W." <euphoria at cyreksoft.yorks.com> Jan 07, 2003
• 497 views

jc at cowgar.com wrote:

> What's quicker?
>   fullName = fn & " " & mn & " " & ln
> or:
>   fullName = sprintf("%s %s %s", {fn,mn,ln})
> ?

After a few tests I'm convinced the former is around 4 times faster than the
latter. Go with the ampersands :)

Hint:
  constant SP = ' '
  --
  -- other code
  --
  fullName = fn & SP & mn & SP & ln

...is faster still.

Carl
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