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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Interesting: I'm also Win7/64, but .NET 4.0 rather than 4.5. Adding OrdinalIgnoreCase:

            string string1 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
            string string2 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
            int x = 0;
            Stopwatch sw1 = new Stopwatch();
            sw1.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                if (String.Equals(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                    {
                    x++;
                    }
                }
            sw1.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine(x);
            x = 0;
            Stopwatch sw2 = new Stopwatch();
            sw2.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                if (String.Compare(string1, string2, true) == 0)
                    {
                    x++;
                    }
                }
            sw2.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine(x);
            x = 0;
            Stopwatch sw3 = new Stopwatch();
            sw3.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                if (String.Compare(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
                    {
                    x++;
                    }
                }
            sw3.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine(x);
            Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}:{2}", sw1.ElapsedMilliseconds, sw2.ElapsedMilliseconds,sw3.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    

    gives results similar to yours:

    1000
    1000
    1000
    1694:4087:1684

    I'm surprised there is such a difference in performance between our machines: mine isn't anywhere near state of the art - more state of the ark! :laugh:

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    Richard Deeming
    wrote on last edited by
    #17

    It must be .NET 4.5 - my machine's an early Vista-era dual-core.


    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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    • A Argonia

      Ah, the mysteries of M$. Our life will be so empty and boring without them. The same code (Sorry Griff i should pay you author rights) the result was

      1000
      1000
      1000
      4359:2216:4383

      .Net 4.5 Win 7/64

      Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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      OriginalGriff
      wrote on last edited by
      #18

      Out of interest, are you building for "Any CPU", "x64" or "x32"? Mine is built "x32" because that's what the app I shoved the code in is built for.

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Out of interest, are you building for "Any CPU", "x64" or "x32"? Mine is built "x32" because that's what the app I shoved the code in is built for.

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        Argonia
        wrote on last edited by
        #19

        The results i pasted was with "Any CPU" x64

        1000
        1000
        1000
        5363:2199:5338

        x86

        1000
        1000
        1000
        4530:2305:4519

        Visual studio Premium 2012 version 11 with Update 3, Win7/64, .NET 4.5.50709 to be exact Anyway i don't see how he gets ~14 seconds for String.Equals P.S i should say i have problems with my hard at work. I am waiting for it to die. This also can affect the pasted data. I wonder what the results will be with reading from SSD Note to myself : seconds comes after milliseconds not minutes. Stupid

        Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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        • A Argonia

          The results i pasted was with "Any CPU" x64

          1000
          1000
          1000
          5363:2199:5338

          x86

          1000
          1000
          1000
          4530:2305:4519

          Visual studio Premium 2012 version 11 with Update 3, Win7/64, .NET 4.5.50709 to be exact Anyway i don't see how he gets ~14 seconds for String.Equals P.S i should say i have problems with my hard at work. I am waiting for it to die. This also can affect the pasted data. I wonder what the results will be with reading from SSD Note to myself : seconds comes after milliseconds not minutes. Stupid

          Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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          Richard Deeming
          wrote on last edited by
          #20

          It's milliseconds, so it was just under 14 seconds, not minutes! ;P I'm running the code in LinqPad[^], and I've tried both with and without optimisations enabled, but it doesn't make a huge difference.


          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

          "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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          • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

            It's milliseconds, so it was just under 14 seconds, not minutes! ;P I'm running the code in LinqPad[^], and I've tried both with and without optimisations enabled, but it doesn't make a huge difference.


            "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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            Argonia
            wrote on last edited by
            #21

            Yeah i know its in milliseconds but my upper processor forgot that after miliseconds seconds are next not minutes :D I am running it in debug mode with no optimisations.

            Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Interesting: I'm also Win7/64, but .NET 4.0 rather than 4.5. Adding OrdinalIgnoreCase:

                      string string1 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
                      string string2 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
                      int x = 0;
                      Stopwatch sw1 = new Stopwatch();
                      sw1.Start();
                      for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                          {
                          if (String.Equals(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                              {
                              x++;
                              }
                          }
                      sw1.Stop();
                      Console.WriteLine(x);
                      x = 0;
                      Stopwatch sw2 = new Stopwatch();
                      sw2.Start();
                      for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                          {
                          if (String.Compare(string1, string2, true) == 0)
                              {
                              x++;
                              }
                          }
                      sw2.Stop();
                      Console.WriteLine(x);
                      x = 0;
                      Stopwatch sw3 = new Stopwatch();
                      sw3.Start();
                      for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                          {
                          if (String.Compare(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
                              {
                              x++;
                              }
                          }
                      sw3.Stop();
                      Console.WriteLine(x);
                      Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}:{2}", sw1.ElapsedMilliseconds, sw2.ElapsedMilliseconds,sw3.ElapsedMilliseconds);
              

              gives results similar to yours:

              1000
              1000
              1000
              1694:4087:1684

              I'm surprised there is such a difference in performance between our machines: mine isn't anywhere near state of the art - more state of the ark! :laugh:

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              Jorgen Andersson
              wrote on last edited by
              #22

              You'll have to redo the test using the same textfile. I believe that's where most of the difference lies.

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              • G GuyThiebaut

                if (item.Substring(0, 3).ToLower() != "PF_")

                [Head hangs in shame] :doh: I should have coded:

                if (item.Substring(0, 3).ToLower() != "PF_".ToLower())

                “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                phil o
                wrote on last edited by
                #23

                I would also have added a couple of .ToString()s somewhere, just to be sure :)

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                • G GuyThiebaut

                  if (item.Substring(0, 3).ToLower() != "PF_")

                  [Head hangs in shame] :doh: I should have coded:

                  if (item.Substring(0, 3).ToLower() != "PF_".ToLower())

                  “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                  ― Christopher Hitchens

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                  Nagy Vilmos
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #24

                  You really didn't think it through:

                  char p = item.charAt[0];
                  char f = item.charAt[1]
                  char u = item.charAt[1]
                  if (p == 'P' || p == 'p' &&
                  u == '_' &&
                  f == 'f' || p == 'F')
                  {
                  // you're good to go....
                  }

                  speramus in juniperus

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    You really didn't think it through:

                    char p = item.charAt[0];
                    char f = item.charAt[1]
                    char u = item.charAt[1]
                    if (p == 'P' || p == 'p' &&
                    u == '_' &&
                    f == 'f' || p == 'F')
                    {
                    // you're good to go....
                    }

                    speramus in juniperus

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                    Richard Deeming
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #25

                    Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                    f == 'f' || p == 'F'

                    Well that's just cruel! If you're going to rewrite it, at least make sure it works. :doh:


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                    • A Argonia

                      Yeah i know its in milliseconds but my upper processor forgot that after miliseconds seconds are next not minutes :D I am running it in debug mode with no optimisations.

                      Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

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                      Rob Grainger
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #26

                      "I am running it in debug mode with no optimisations." Why on earth try to benchmark code with no optimisations? Complete waste of time.

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                      • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                        Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                        f == 'f' || p == 'F'

                        Well that's just cruel! If you're going to rewrite it, at least make sure it works. :doh:


                        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                        Nicholas Marty
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #27

                        how about using the same character twice and the missing semicolons? :D

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Interesting: I'm also Win7/64, but .NET 4.0 rather than 4.5. Adding OrdinalIgnoreCase:

                                  string string1 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
                                  string string2 = File.ReadAllText(@"D:\\Temp\\MyText.txt");
                                  int x = 0;
                                  Stopwatch sw1 = new Stopwatch();
                                  sw1.Start();
                                  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                                      {
                                      if (String.Equals(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                                          {
                                          x++;
                                          }
                                      }
                                  sw1.Stop();
                                  Console.WriteLine(x);
                                  x = 0;
                                  Stopwatch sw2 = new Stopwatch();
                                  sw2.Start();
                                  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                                      {
                                      if (String.Compare(string1, string2, true) == 0)
                                          {
                                          x++;
                                          }
                                      }
                                  sw2.Stop();
                                  Console.WriteLine(x);
                                  x = 0;
                                  Stopwatch sw3 = new Stopwatch();
                                  sw3.Start();
                                  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                                      {
                                      if (String.Compare(string1, string2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0)
                                          {
                                          x++;
                                          }
                                      }
                                  sw3.Stop();
                                  Console.WriteLine(x);
                                  Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}:{2}", sw1.ElapsedMilliseconds, sw2.ElapsedMilliseconds,sw3.ElapsedMilliseconds);
                          

                          gives results similar to yours:

                          1000
                          1000
                          1000
                          1694:4087:1684

                          I'm surprised there is such a difference in performance between our machines: mine isn't anywhere near state of the art - more state of the ark! :laugh:

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                          ledtech3
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #28

                          Could the difference be a extra file system filter driver slowing one down ?

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                          • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                            GuyThiebaut wrote:

                            I should have coded:

                            if (item.Substring(0, 3).ToLower() != "PF_".ToLower())

                            I hope that's a good example of sarcasm! ;P

                            if (string.Compare(item, 0, "PF_", 0, 3, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != 0)


                            "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                            Vladimir Svyatski
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #29

                            I've been always wondering why people just don't use string comparison functions with the case ignoring ability. Many languages have them. Why use ToLower or ToUpper if you don't really need that lowered string? One my colleague once told me that because of the belovers of ToUpper/ToLower the program he had to improve was doing its job during about 11 hours (the program was in C++)!!! After just replacing the appropriate functions with stricmp and similar ones (which compare ignoring the case) the program got the awesome performance boost: it managed to finish its execution in just one hour or such. Taste the difference!

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