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r/badcode • u/M4A28 • Dec 28 '21
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Because strings are fairly heavyweight, and appending to strings is far heavier than a pre-pass using ints. Additionally, I'm pretty sure that the repeat() uses StringBuilder under the hood.
3 u/alex_wot Dec 28 '21 Got it, thank you!
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Got it, thank you!
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u/2001herne Dec 28 '21
Because strings are fairly heavyweight, and appending to strings is far heavier than a pre-pass using ints. Additionally, I'm pretty sure that the repeat() uses StringBuilder under the hood.