on 1/25/01 11:42 AM, "Paul Speed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just thought that I would point out that:
> "My " + "dog " + "has " + "fleas." will be compiled as one String:
> "My dog has fleas." and incurs no runtime penalties. In the case
> of literals it can be more efficient than StringBuffer as long as
> they are grouped together as above. Since I haven't looked at the
> code directly, I don't know how or if this affects your point.
>
> -Paul Speed
True, but not in a loop.
ie:
String foo = "";
for ( int i = 0; i< NUMBER; i++ )
{
foo = foo + i;
}
That will produce a big mess. Best to use a StringBuffer.append in that
case.
-jon
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