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Use "X 1" instead of "Cint(x)"

"X 1" is a lot faster, and the end result is the same. The speed increase is actually more than I would have expected. But as with many other optimizations, this test has been done with 500.000 iterations. So for small loops you might not notice it.

Code: Public Sub TestOne() Dim lngReturn As Long lngReturn = CInt(100.543253) End Sub Public Sub TestTwo() Dim lngReturn As Long lngReturn = 100.543253 1 End Sub

CInt(x) % faster than x 1	CInt(x) (sec)	x 1 (sec)
40,5%	0,035031	0,024938
17,7%	0,027812	0,023638
14%	0,026613	0,023351
43,8%	0,034486	0,023985
7,5%	0,026673	0,024821

User contributed notes:

Author: VBBR ()	Date: 22:03 31/03/2004
I think the idea here is to show the difference between CInt and x \ 1, right? But it says "x 1" instead of "x \ 1"...
Author: PRoPHEZZoR (prophezzor at hackermail dot com)	Date: 14:04 04/04/2004
In PHP the \\ doesn't show, homie...
Author: Tom (hurendo_kun at hotmail dot com)	Date: 15:06 08/06/2005
Your results are exacerbated because you're doing two type conversions. You should be using CLng().
Author: TheShau (shauros at walla dot com)	Date: 14:08 04/08/2006
I'm seeing the same efficiency gain with CLng.