String output: format or concat in C#?

Question

Let\'s say that you want to output or concat strings. Which of the following styles do you prefer?

• var p = new { FirstName = \"Bill\", LastName = \"Ga

Answer 1

I was curious where StringBuilder stood with these tests. Results below...

class Program {
   static void Main(string[] args) {

      var p = new { FirstName = "Bill", LastName = "Gates" };

      var tests = new[] {
         new { Name = "Concat", Action = new Action(delegate() { string x = p.FirstName + " " + p.LastName; }) },
         new { Name = "Format", Action = new Action(delegate() { string x = string.Format("{0} {1}", p.FirstName, p.LastName); }) },
         new { Name = "StringBuilder", Action = new Action(delegate() {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.Append(p.FirstName);
            sb.Append(" ");
            sb.Append(p.LastName);
            string x = sb.ToString();
         }) }
      };

      var Watch = new Stopwatch();
      foreach (var t in tests) {
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            Watch.Reset();
            long Elapsed = ElapsedTicks(t.Action, Watch, 10000);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}: {1} ticks", t.Name, Elapsed.ToString()));
         }
      }
   }

   public static long ElapsedTicks(Action ActionDelg, Stopwatch Watch, int Iterations) {
      Watch.Start();
      for (int i = 0; i < Iterations; i++) {
         ActionDelg();
      }
      Watch.Stop();
      return Watch.ElapsedTicks / Iterations;
   }
}

Results:

Concat: 406 ticks
Concat: 356 ticks
Concat: 411 ticks
Concat: 299 ticks
Concat: 266 ticks
Format: 5269 ticks
Format: 954 ticks
Format: 1004 ticks
Format: 984 ticks
Format: 974 ticks
StringBuilder: 629 ticks
StringBuilder: 484 ticks
StringBuilder: 482 ticks
StringBuilder: 508 ticks
StringBuilder: 504 ticks