StringBuilder for ThinBASIC @ GitHub

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi all,

I am sure you are all familiar with the concept of StringBuilder - it is little helper which performs efficient string concatenations and often much more. I started working on such a component for ThinBASIC - the language has incredibly epic string handling, but didn't have any stringbuilder... till now!

The usage
... is very simple. You instantiate object, and then use its methods:

Uses "StringBuilder", "Console"      

Function TBMain()

  Dim stringBuffer As String
  Dim sb As StringBuilder
  sb = New StringBuilder()
  
  Long i
        
  Dim stopWatch As cTimer
  stopWatch = New cTimer()
  
  Print "Appending to classic string: "
  stopWatch.Start       
  For i = 1 To 20000
    stringBuffer += "Appending is fine!"
  Next             
  stopWatch.Stop
  PrintL stopWatch.ElapsedToString(%CTIMER_MILLISECONDS, "0") + " ms (Total " + Len(stringBuffer) + " characters)"
  
  Print "Appending to string builder: "
  stopWatch.Start       
  For i = 1 To 20000
    sb.Add("Appending is fine!")
  Next             
  stopWatch.Stop
  PrintL stopWatch.ElapsedToString(%CTIMER_MILLISECONDS, "0") + " ms (Total " + Len(sb.ToString()) + " characters)"
  
  PrintL
  PrintL "Press any key to quit..."
  
  WaitKey
  
End Function

What is it good for?
It is great for efficient string appending. Do you see the code above? Check the speed on your PC or see the screenshot...

The source code
I decided to make the code public, to make possible for others to commit their enhancements. Get the source @GitHub:
https://github.com/petrSchreiber/thi..._StringBuilder

The binaries
Please note StringBuilder is official part of thinBasic since 1.9.16.17! Yay!
You can still grab the latest release from GitHub as well.

Documentation
The documentation is provided at Wiki associated with the repository, please check here:
https://github.com/petrSchreiber/thi...ngBuilder/wiki

Petr