C#: Dictionary Vs ConcurrentDictionary In this article we are going to benchmark a C# Dictionary Vs ConcurrentDictionary while adding/updating key-value pairs. This test came about while I was upgrading multiple code blocks from using C# Dictionary objects to ConcurrentDictionary objects.… Continue Reading
C#: Is It Faster to Preallocate Dictionary Sizes? This test will benchmark populating C# Dictionary and ConcurrentDictionary objects to determine in C#: is it faster to preallocate dictionary sizes? Or not? When a Dictionary object is created, its initial capacity… Continue Reading
Fastest Collection for String Lookups in C# .Net All C# programmers have had to do this at some point in their career… look for a particular string as some sort of key or value within a data structure. But how… Continue Reading
C# .Net: Fastest Way to clear Collections In this article I’ll investigate different ways to clear out commonly used Collections such as Hashsets, Dictionaries, ConcurrentDictionaries, ArrayLists, and Arrays, benchmarking the results. This will determine in C# .Net: Fastest way to… Continue Reading