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WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - RandomiserUsr - 03-12-2022
Hi, quick question:
Programming styles aside which performs better at run time, WHILE or FOR/NEXT ?
I will guess with both are the same? :-)
Thanks
RE: WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - boriel - 03-13-2022
Both are nearly the same. But if you are using a counter variable within the WHILE loop, a FOR / NEXT will be optimal because it will increase the variable for you and this is optimized internally during the traduction to assembler.
RE: WHILE Loop vs FOR/NEXT Loop - RandomiserUsr - 03-25-2022
(03-13-2022, 11:22 AM)boriel Wrote: Both are nearly the same. But if you are using a counter variable within the WHILE loop, a FOR / NEXT will be optimal because it will increase the variable for you and this is optimized internally during the traduction to assembler.
Thanks for that