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.NET 8 simple string concatenation benchmarks
using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Columns;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Configs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Reports;
using System;
using System.Text;
namespace Benchmarks
{
[MemoryDiagnoser]
[Config(typeof(Config))]
[SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.Net80)]
[HideColumns(Column.Job, Column.RatioSD, Column.AllocRatio)]
public class StringConcatSimple
{
private class Config : ManualConfig
{
public Config()
{
SummaryStyle =
SummaryStyle.Default.WithRatioStyle(RatioStyle.Percentage);
}
}
private string
title = "Mr.", firstName = "David", middleName = "Patrick", lastName = "Callan";
[Benchmark]
public string StringBuilder()
{
var stringBuilder =
new StringBuilder();
return stringBuilder
.Append(title).Append(' ')
.Append(firstName).Append(' ')
.Append(middleName).Append(' ')
.Append(lastName).ToString();
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringBuilderExact24()
{
var stringBuilder =
new StringBuilder(24);
return stringBuilder
.Append(title).Append(' ')
.Append(firstName).Append(' ')
.Append(middleName).Append(' ')
.Append(lastName).ToString();
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringBuilderEstimate100()
{
var stringBuilder =
new StringBuilder(100);
return stringBuilder
.Append(title).Append(' ')
.Append(firstName).Append(' ')
.Append(middleName).Append(' ')
.Append(lastName).ToString();
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringPlus()
{
return title + ' ' + firstName + ' ' +
middleName + ' ' + lastName;
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringFormat()
{
return string.Format("{0} {1} {2} {3}",
title, firstName, middleName, lastName);
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringInterpolation()
{
return
$"{title} {firstName} {middleName} {lastName}";
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringJoin()
{
return string.Join(" ", title, firstName,
middleName, lastName);
}
[Benchmark]
public string StringConcat()
{
return string.
Concat(new string[] { title, " ", firstName, " ", middleName, " ", lastName });
}
[Benchmark(Baseline = true)]
public string StringCreate()
{
return String.Create(title.Length + firstName.Length + middleName.Length + lastName.Length + 3,
(title, firstName, middleName, lastName),
(span, state) =>
{
state.title.AsSpan().CopyTo(span);
span = span.Slice(state.title.Length);
span[0] = ' ';
span = span.Slice(1);
state.firstName.AsSpan().CopyTo(span);
span = span.Slice(state.firstName.Length);
span[0] = ' ';
span = span.Slice(1);
state.middleName.AsSpan().CopyTo(span);
span = span.Slice(state.middleName.Length);
span[0] = ' ';
span = span.Slice(1);
state.lastName.AsSpan().CopyTo(span);
}
);
}
}
}
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Thanks David, I had no idea you could do this, it's a lot cleaner.
Very helpful thank you.

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