StringsVsBytes

Strings VS Bytes Stars Watchers

banner Appending to a String or Byte Array, Which is faster?

Benchmarks

// About 0.11 Seconds
>> Bytes Result: (1288890) in 11796900ns

// About 5.17 Seconds
>> Strings Result: (1288890) in 5179652000ns

Functions

// Test Bytes Method
func TestBytes(n int) {
    // Perform 'n' iterations
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		// Append the string to the bytes array
		bytes = append(bytes, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Bytes_: %d", i))...)
	}
}

// Test Strings Method
func TestStrings(n int) {
	// Perform 'n' iterations
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		// Append the string to the str variable
		str += fmt.Sprintf("String: %d", i)
	}
}

License

MIT License

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