If you are only checking for exact equality of a buffer against a string, the memcmp() function may be slightly faster.
if ( memcmp( (const void*) s, (const void*) "ABC", 3 ) == 0 ) {
// equal
} else {
// not equal
}
Jesse Ruffin
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 07:06, 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.
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