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VB.Net Tutorial » Data Type » StringBuilder 
2. 38. 13. Performance difference between String and StringBuilder
 
 

Imports System.Text
 
public class Test

   public Shared Sub Main
        Const ADD_STRING As String = "1234567890"
        Dim num_trials As Long = 1000
        Dim start_time As DateTime
        Dim stop_time As DateTime
        Dim elapsed_time As TimeSpan
        Dim txt As String
        Dim string_builder As New StringBuilder

        txt = ""
        start_time = Now
        For i As Long = To num_trials
            txt = txt & ADD_STRING
        Next i
        stop_time = Now
        elapsed_time = stop_time.Subtract(start_time)
        Console.WriteLine(elapsed_time.TotalSeconds.ToString("0.000000"))

        txt = ""
        start_time = Now
        For i As Long = To num_trials
            string_builder.Append(ADD_STRING)
        Next i
        txt = string_builder.ToString()
        stop_time = Now
        elapsed_time = stop_time.Subtract(start_time)
        Console.WriteLine(elapsed_time.TotalSeconds.ToString("0.000000"))

   End Sub

End class

        
  
  




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2. 38. StringBuilder
2. 38. 1. Demonstrating StringBuilder class constructors
2. 38. 2. StringBuilder: Insert string, Append and Replace
2. 38. 3. Append Char to StringBuilder
2. 38. 4. Demonstrating StringBuilder Append methods
2. 38. 5. StringBuilder AppendFormat
2. 38. 6. StringBuilder.AppendFormat: {0:D} is ${1: #,###.00}
2. 38. 7. StringBuilder: Length, Capacity, EnsureCapacity
2. 38. 8. Use StringBuilder Indexer
2. 38. 9. Demonstrating methods Insert and Remove of the StringBuilder class
2. 38. 10. Demonstrating method Replace
2. 38. 11. Use StringBuilder to reverse a string
2. 38. 12. StringBuilder.ToStrings
2. 38. 13. Performance difference between String and StringBuilder
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