What is the fastest (built-in) comparison for string-types in C#

Question

What is the fastest built-in comparison-method for string-types in C#? I don\'t mind about the typographical/semantical meaning: the aim is to use the comparator in sorted lists

Answer 1

I just noticed a 50% performance increase in my own code by comparing string lengths first and if equal then using the string.compare methods. So in a loop I have:

VB:

If strA.length = strB.length then
   if string.compare(strA,strB,true) = 0 then
      TheyAreEqual
   End if
End if

C#:

if(strA.Length == strB.Length)
{
   if(string.Compare(strA,strB,true) == 0)
   {
       //they are equal
   }
}

This could be dependant on your own strings but its seems to have worked well for me.