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Which method is the fastest one of string StartsWith, Substring and IndexOf? (Spoiler: Substring)
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Diagnostics; | |
using System.Linq; | |
using System.Linq.Expressions; | |
using System.Text; | |
using System.Text.RegularExpressions; | |
using System.Threading.Tasks; | |
namespace startswithorsubstring | |
{ | |
class Program | |
{ | |
const string wsHref = "workspace://oeuoooououoeuouoeuoeu/12312321831283283182328"; | |
const string noWsHref = "cases/12123132"; | |
static Regex regex = new Regex( "workspace://(?<Type>.*)/(?<Name>[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}).*", RegexOptions.Compiled ); | |
public static bool IsWorkspaceUri( string uri ) | |
{ | |
if ( String.IsNullOrEmpty( uri ) ) | |
return false; | |
Match m = regex.Match( uri ); | |
return m.Success; | |
} | |
static readonly Expression<Func<string, bool>> startsWithEx = s => s.StartsWith( "workspace:" ); | |
static readonly Expression<Func<string, bool>> substringEx = s => s.Length > 10 && s.Substring( 0, 10 ) == "workspace:"; | |
static readonly Expression<Func<string, bool>> indexOfEx = s => s.IndexOf( "workspace:", 0 ) != -1; | |
static readonly Func<string, bool> startsWith = startsWithEx.Compile(); | |
static readonly Func<string, bool> substring = substringEx.Compile(); | |
static readonly Func<string, bool> indexOf = indexOfEx.Compile(); | |
static void Main( string[] args ) | |
{ | |
Console.WriteLine( "ws href: {0} no ws href: {1}", wsHref, noWsHref ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "startswith: {0}", startsWithEx ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "substring: {0}", substringEx ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "indexOf: {0}", indexOfEx ); | |
int rounds; | |
if ( !( args.Length == 1 && Int32.TryParse( args[0], out rounds ) ) ) | |
{ | |
rounds = 3; | |
} | |
foreach ( var round in Enumerable.Range( 1, rounds ) ) | |
{ | |
Console.WriteLine( "Round {0}", round ); | |
RunTest(); | |
} | |
Console.ReadLine(); | |
} | |
static void RunTest() | |
{ | |
var wsStartsWith = ElapsedMs( wsHref, startsWith ); | |
var wsSubstring = ElapsedMs( wsHref, substring ); | |
var wsIndexOf = ElapsedMs( wsHref, indexOf ); | |
var wsRx = ElapsedMs( wsHref, IsWorkspaceUri ); | |
var noWsStartsWith = ElapsedMs( noWsHref, startsWith ); | |
var noWsSubstring = ElapsedMs( noWsHref, substring ); | |
var noWsIndexOf = ElapsedMs( noWsHref, indexOf ); | |
var noWsRx = ElapsedMs( wsHref, IsWorkspaceUri ); | |
Console.WriteLine(); | |
Console.WriteLine( "ws uri" ); | |
Console.WriteLine(); | |
Console.WriteLine("startswith: {0}", wsStartsWith ); | |
Console.WriteLine("substring: {0}", wsSubstring ); | |
Console.WriteLine("indexof: {0}", wsIndexOf ); | |
Console.WriteLine("rx: {0}", wsRx ); | |
Console.WriteLine(); | |
Console.WriteLine( "no ws uri" ); | |
Console.WriteLine(); | |
Console.WriteLine( "startswith: {0}", noWsStartsWith ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "substring: {0}", noWsSubstring ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "indexof: {0}", noWsIndexOf ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "rx: {0}", noWsRx ); | |
Console.WriteLine( "=====" ); | |
} | |
static double ElapsedMs( string wsHref, Func<string,bool> action ) | |
{ | |
var times = new List<Stopwatch>(); | |
var pelle = 0; | |
for ( var i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) | |
{ | |
var sw1 = Stopwatch.StartNew(); | |
for ( var j = 0; j < 1000000; j++ ) | |
{ | |
if ( action( wsHref ) ) | |
{ | |
// yay | |
pelle++; | |
} | |
} | |
sw1.Stop(); | |
times.Add( sw1 ); | |
} | |
return times.Average( sw => sw.ElapsedMilliseconds ); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
Fun fact: non-compiled regex takes about 5500ms.
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Added test for existing code being used - using a regex: