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Stringbuilder is a class that provides a convenient and efficient way of working with text data in Java and .NET framework.

Stringbuilder is a class that provides a convenient and efficient way of working with text data. Implementation of the stringbuilder can be found in .NET framework and Java.

The very idea of the class is being a character array with the capability to insert and append new characters. It avoids copying the strings in the memory, hence improves the performance.

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Difference between StringBuilder and StringBuffer

What is the main difference between StringBuffer and StringBuilder? Is there any performance issues when deciding on any one of these?
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StringBuilder vs String concatenation in toString() in Java

Given the 2 toString() implementations below, which one is preferred: public String toString(){ return "{a:"+ a + ", b:" + b + ", c: " + c +"}"; } or public String toString(){ StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(100); return…
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How can I clear or empty a StringBuilder?

I'm using a StringBuilder in a loop and every x iterations I want to empty it and start with an empty StringBuilder, but I can't see any method similar to the .NET StringBuilder.Clear in the documentation, just the delete method which seems overly…
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Remove last character of a StringBuilder?

When you have to loop through a collection and make a string of each data separated by a delimiter, you always end up with an extra delimiter at the end, e.g. for (String serverId : serverIds) { sb.append(serverId); sb.append(","); } Gives…
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How to append a newline to StringBuilder

I have a StringBuilder object, StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); result.append(someChar); Now I want to append a newline character to the StringBuilder. How can I do it? result.append("/n"); Does not work. So, I was thinking about…
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Does JavaScript have a built-in stringbuilder class?

I see a few The Code Project solutions. But is there a regular implementation in JavaScript?
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String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder

Please tell me a real time situation to compare String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder?
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Is String.Format as efficient as StringBuilder

Suppose I have a stringbuilder in C# that does this: StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); string cat = "cat"; sb.Append("the ").Append(cat).(" in the hat"); string s = sb.ToString(); would that be as efficient or any more efficient as…
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How can we prepend strings with StringBuilder?

I know we can append strings using StringBuilder. Is there a way we can prepend strings (i.e. add strings in front of a string) using StringBuilder so we can keep the performance benefits that StringBuilder offers?
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Best way to remove the last character from a string built with stringbuilder

I have the following data.AppendFormat("{0},",dataToAppend); The problem with this is that I am using it in a loop and there will be a trailing comma. What is the best way to remove the trailing comma? Do I have to change data to a string and then…
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java: use StringBuilder to insert at the beginning

I could only do this with String, for example: String str = ""; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { str = i + str; } Is there a way to achieve this with StringBuilder? Thanks.
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Is it better to reuse a StringBuilder in a loop?

I've a performance related question regarding use of StringBuilder. In a very long loop I'm manipulating a StringBuilder and passing it to another method like this: for (loop condition) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); …
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Newline character in StringBuilder

How do you append a new line(\n\r) character in StringBuilder?
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String.Join vs. StringBuilder: which is faster?

In a previous question about formatting a double[][] to CSV format, it was suggested that using StringBuilder would be faster than String.Join. Is this true?
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When to use StringBuilder?

I understand the benefits of StringBuilder. But if I want to concatenate 2 strings, then I assume that it is better (faster) to do it without StringBuilder. Is this correct? At what point (number of strings) does it become better to use…
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