CSharp - Code Performance

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Author: Jiangong SUN

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1) String vs StringBuilder

System.String is immutable(unchangeable). 
System.StringBuilder was designed with the purpose of having a mutable string where a variety of operations can be performed. 

StringBuilder is more performant. 

When you do string concatenation, like 

string str = str1 + str2 + str3;

The C# + concatenation operator builds a new string and causes reduced performance when it concatenates large amounts of text.

However, the .NET Framework includes a StringBuilder class that is optimized for string concatenation. It provides the same benefits as using a character array in C/C++, as well as automatically growing the buffer size (if needed) and tracking the length for you. 

2) compare string length 

3) boxing and unboxing ( performance costly)

boxing: convert value type to reference type

unboxing: convert reference type to value type

It's better not using boxing and unboxing because it impact the performance.

references:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306822/en-us