Substring Benchmark.linq

var longString = "This is a long string.";
var iterations = 1000000;
var timer = new Stopwatch();

"\nTake()".Dump();
timer.Start();
for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
	var newString = new string(longString.Take(10).ToArray());
	if (i == 0) newString.Dump();
}
timer.Stop();
timer.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds.Dump();
timer.Reset();

"\nSubstring()".Dump();
timer.Start();
for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
	var newString = longString.Length < 11 ? longString : longString.Substring(0, 10);
	if (i == 0) newString.Dump();
}
timer.Stop();
timer.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds.Dump();
timer.Reset();