Seth,
Thx..... nice articulation. I see a book in your future - no pictures tho'
:-)
Stephen M. Aylor
Aylor Insurance Agency, Inc.
"Specialized Insurance for IT - We Cover IT"
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> >Seth, pardon me if this is a dumb question, but how do you know?
>
> >From what I gleaned from Michael Dinowitz's excellent article on
comparisons
> (I can probably find the link if you like) recently, the first would be
> faster because CF takes one less step:
>
> (ignoring the Trim() because it affects both examples equally)
> <CFIF Len(newpassword)>
> 1) Evaluate the length of the passed string.
> 2) Does a very fast boolean evaluation of the length. If the number is 0
> then the expression if false, otherwise it is true.
>
> <CFIF newpassword IS "">
> 1) Evaluate newpassword
> 2) Evaluate the other operand, which in this case is ""
> 3) Compare the two using a string comparison
>
> Not only does the first method force CF to take one less step, but the
> evaluation of the length as a boolean is a faster operation than comparing
> two strings.
>
> Regards,
> Seth Petry-Johnson
> Argo Enterprise and Associates
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