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Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster?

Subject	Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster?
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From	Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
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Date	2018-02-03 19:54 -0500

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On 2/3/18 2:56 PM, Bart Smissaert wrote:
> I deal with UTF-8 strings in SQLite as well, but this thread has to do with strings from VBA or VB6 so mainly ANSI strings. That is where the option to skip the zero bytes comes in handy.
> 
>> I personally would generally convert a string storing UTF-16/UCS-2 data
> into an array of uint16_t if at all possible
> 
> I am not familiar with C coding at all. How would I do that?
> So what would I use instead of unsigned char *strSearch?
> This is the current input argument of the countstring function.
> 
> Also, I am not sure if instead of unsigned char *strSearch I should do:
> const unsigned char *strSearch
> 
> RBS
> 

Since the routine doesn't change the characters, it could use a pointer 
to const as the parameters, but then technically you should also change 
the prototype used at the calling site (I am not sure how much of the 
code is under your control and how much is 'system' provided).

My comment on using uint16_t (or as was also suggested char16_t) is 
dependent on changes upwards in the program, that storing a UTF-16 or 
UCS-2 string in an array of char is just not the way to do it, you 
REALLY want to store strings as a sequence of the type that their 
code-points are based on. To properly make that sort of change you would 
need to work back up the code chain to where the data started.

You keep on describing these as ANSI strings, and that you see all these 
zeros (which implies the UTF-16/UCS-2 encoding), but true ANSI strings 
are stored a consecutive 8 bit chars (with somewhere a defined code page 
for the string). It seems that somehow you have what you is maybe data 
that all would fit in the Latin-1 code page (what you think of as ANSI), 
but it is expressed as a 'wide string', but then it should have been 
using pointers to WCHAR / wchar_t / uint16_t / char16_t, not to unsigned 
char.

Looking up VBA, it looks like you are dealing with a String, also called 
at time a BSTR, which are passed as pointers to WCHAR which will be a 
type like uint16_t etc. I don't know where the unsigned char* came from.

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Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 00:00 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-03 11:29 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 03:37 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-03 12:29 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 04:37 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-03 13:41 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 06:38 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-03 15:13 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-03 15:19 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 07:41 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-03 11:38 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-03 13:50 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-03 11:34 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-03 11:32 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-03 16:41 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 09:02 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 09:06 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-03 12:39 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-03 11:56 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-03 19:54 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-03 18:00 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 01:53 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 13:23 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 11:11 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 14:48 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 12:17 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-04 21:53 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 14:35 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-04 23:32 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-05 06:26 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-05 16:59 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-05 09:44 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-05 18:28 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-02-05 18:41 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-05 20:08 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-02-05 21:27 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-05 22:04 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-02-05 22:38 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-06 01:34 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 06:39 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-06 18:07 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 12:34 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-06 21:12 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 13:42 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 16:43 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 01:10 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-06 18:47 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-07 15:13 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-07 14:48 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-07 17:13 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-07 17:27 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-07 17:01 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-07 02:00 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-07 12:02 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-07 14:46 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 13:56 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 11:17 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 23:59 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-07 05:10 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 11:01 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-07 14:24 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-07 14:44 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 22:59 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-07 15:20 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-07 23:31 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-07 15:32 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-07 16:05 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-05 15:29 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 17:41 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-04 23:11 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 23:45 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-04 15:11 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-04 23:37 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-04 18:08 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 23:12 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-05 13:08 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-05 08:24 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-05 14:39 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-05 10:37 -0600
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-05 13:52 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-05 22:29 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-05 09:01 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-05 18:44 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-06 10:42 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-06 11:17 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-06 08:40 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-06 14:08 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-06 14:42 +0000
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-06 12:35 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-06 23:04 +0100
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 17:35 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 14:38 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 17:57 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 15:22 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Bart Smissaert <bart.smissaert@gmail.com> - 2018-02-04 12:19 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-02-04 16:42 -0500
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-03 13:38 -0800
Re: Count string in string with loop increase 2, why is this not faster? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-03 22:03 +0000

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