我理解String和StringBuilder之间的区别(StringBuilder是可变的),但两者之间有很大的性能差异吗?

我正在工作的程序有很多case驱动的字符串追加(500+)。使用StringBuilder是更好的选择吗?


当前回答

这个基准测试表明,当组合3个或更少字符串时,常规连接更快。

http://www.chinhdo.com/20070224/stringbuilder-is-not-always-faster/

StringBuilder可以在内存使用方面做出非常显著的改进,特别是在将500个字符串加在一起的情况下。

考虑下面的例子:

string buffer = "The numbers are: ";
for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
    buffer += i.ToString();
}
return buffer;

内存中发生了什么?创建以下字符串:

1 - "The numbers are: "
2 - "0"
3 - "The numbers are: 0"
4 - "1"
5 - "The numbers are: 01"
6 - "2"
7 - "The numbers are: 012"
8 - "3"
9 - "The numbers are: 0123"
10 - "4"
11 - "The numbers are: 01234"
12 - "5"
13 - "The numbers are: 012345"

通过将这5个数字加到字符串的末尾,我们创建了13个字符串对象!其中12个是无用的!哇!

StringBuilder fixes this problem. It is not a "mutable string" as we often hear (all strings in .NET are immutable). It works by keeping an internal buffer, an array of char. Calling Append() or AppendLine() adds the string to the empty space at the end of the char array; if the array is too small, it creates a new, larger array, and copies the buffer there. So in the example above, StringBuilder might only need a single array to contain all 5 additions to the string-- depending on the size of its buffer. You can tell StringBuilder how big its buffer should be in the constructor.

其他回答

我相信StringBuilder更快,如果你有超过4个字符串,你需要附加在一起。此外,它可以做一些很酷的事情,如AppendLine。

在. net中,StringBuilder仍然比追加字符串快。我很确定在Java中,它们只是在附加字符串时在底层创建了一个StringBuffer,所以没有真正的区别。我不确定为什么他们还没有在。net中这样做。

以“微优化剧场的悲剧”为例。

这个基准测试表明,当组合3个或更少字符串时,常规连接更快。

http://www.chinhdo.com/20070224/stringbuilder-is-not-always-faster/

StringBuilder可以在内存使用方面做出非常显著的改进,特别是在将500个字符串加在一起的情况下。

考虑下面的例子:

string buffer = "The numbers are: ";
for( int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
    buffer += i.ToString();
}
return buffer;

内存中发生了什么?创建以下字符串:

1 - "The numbers are: "
2 - "0"
3 - "The numbers are: 0"
4 - "1"
5 - "The numbers are: 01"
6 - "2"
7 - "The numbers are: 012"
8 - "3"
9 - "The numbers are: 0123"
10 - "4"
11 - "The numbers are: 01234"
12 - "5"
13 - "The numbers are: 012345"

通过将这5个数字加到字符串的末尾,我们创建了13个字符串对象!其中12个是无用的!哇!

StringBuilder fixes this problem. It is not a "mutable string" as we often hear (all strings in .NET are immutable). It works by keeping an internal buffer, an array of char. Calling Append() or AppendLine() adds the string to the empty space at the end of the char array; if the array is too small, it creates a new, larger array, and copies the buffer there. So in the example above, StringBuilder might only need a single array to contain all 5 additions to the string-- depending on the size of its buffer. You can tell StringBuilder how big its buffer should be in the constructor.

为了澄清Gillian所说的4弦,如果你有这样的东西:

string a,b,c,d;
 a = b + c + d;

那么使用字符串和加号运算符会更快。这是因为(就像Eric指出的Java一样),它在内部自动使用StringBuilder(实际上,它使用StringBuilder也使用的原语)

但是,如果你正在做的事情接近:

string a,b,c,d;
 a = a + b;
 a = a + c;
 a = a + d;

然后你需要显式地使用一个StringBuilder。. net在这里不会自动创建一个StringBuilder,因为这毫无意义。在每行的末尾,"a"必须是一个(不可变的)字符串,因此它必须在每行上创建和释放一个StringBuilder。为了提高速度,你需要使用相同的StringBuilder,直到你完成构建:

string a,b,c,d;
StringBuilder e = new StringBuilder();
 e.Append(b);
 e.Append(c);
 e.Append(d);
 a = e.ToString();