Posted by Janwillem Borleffs on 06/26/06 20:20

lorento wrote:
> The sprintf() function is slowest among this methods.. its better use
> sprintf() if you want format complex string.
>

True, although (s)printf is sometimes used in cases where readability is
preferred before performance (per example, when dynamically constructing a
complex SQL statement with a lot of variables) .


JW

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