C# and .Net Interview Questions”- Why String Builders are faster than strings?

Strings: - strings are also called as immutable because every time you
store a new value in string a new copy is created in the memory location.





String builders: - string builders are also called as mutable because
every time you store a new value in string builder

it actually appends the value in the memory location. This means insertion
is done on existing string.

Let’s demonstrate a small example which will give a clear idea on who is faster
string builder or string.

This is very simple three steps procedure as follows.

Step1: -

Create a new console application like below diagrams.


Go to file > New > Project > Console Application and Click Ok.




Step2: -


Import System.Text namespace in your application.

usingSystem.Text;

Step3: -

Write the below code snippet in your main class.

staticvoid Main(string[] args)
{
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("*********Begin Test*********");
Console.WriteLine("============================");
Console.WriteLine("Creating string");
Console.WriteLine();//for having a gap in the lines.
List<string>strlist = newList<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < 30000; i++)
{
strlist.Add(i.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Time taken by string to concate....");
Console.WriteLine();
DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
stringConcateString = string.Empty;
foreach (strings instrlist)
{
ConcateString += s + "";
}
TimeSpan time = (DateTime.Now - start);
Console.WriteLine("Total Time : {0} MilliSeconds", time);
Console.WriteLine("============================");
Console.WriteLine("Creating StringBuilder");
Console.WriteLine();
start = DateTime.Now;
StringBuildersb = newStringBuilder();
foreach (strings instrlist)
{
sb.Append(s + "");
}
time = (DateTime.Now - start);
Console.WriteLine("Time taken by StringBuilder to concate....");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Total Time : {0} MilliSeconds", time);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("**********End Test**********");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Now run your application and you will see the result like below diagram.


In the above result you can see that the time taken by the string to concateis
greater than the time taken by the string builder to concate, this indicates that the string builders performs faster than the strings.


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