Fastest way to compare strings?

[borf norton]

Hi,
If I want to compare 2 strings, which are also already stored in byte[]'s in an object of mine... which is faster?

Arrays.compare(myStrByteArray1,myStrByteArray2);

OR

myStr.equals(myStr2);

[David Newton]

Compare in what way? First you'd have to write a compare() method in java.util.Arrays, so probably equals.

But if you followed the way most compare() methods operate, it would do something different than what equals() does, since equals() returns a boolean, and compare returns an int.

So, do you want to compare, or find out if equals? And what method were you actually referring to? And would it have been quicker to benchmark than to wait for an answer?

[David O'Meara]

We have a saying in the office: Suck it and see. ie have a go!

[Gian Franco]

borf norton wrote:If I want to compare 2 strings, which are also already stored in byte[]'s in an object of mine... which is faster?

Hi Borf,

You might want to have a look at String Comparison & Searches

Bye