On Wednesday 15 August 2007 07:06:24 KhaOsh wrote: > Hello everyone, > > In terms of speed what the fastest way of doing a strings comparison > on fixed strings? Using one of those strcmp() functions or doing the > following: > > (Pseudo code) > "if (s[0] == 0xa && s[1] == 0xb && s[2] == 0xc)" (etc) > or > "if (s[0] == 'A' && s[1] == 'B' && s[2[ == 'C')" (etc) > > Thanks for your help. The function strcmp uses a do/while loop, a conditional to test every character in the first string against the null character, and pointer arithmetic, so, in terms of sheer speed, your method would probably be faster. But, in terms of program clarity, strcmp wins by a mile. Stephen Kratzer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
