Is while or for faster? - Printable Version

Is while or for faster? - Printable Version

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Is while or for faster? - Memoryz - 06.10.2010

Which one is faster or is better to use?

While

pawn Код:

new idx;
while (idx < 500)
{
   DoSomething();
   idx++;
}

For:

pawn Код:

for(new c=0;c<500;c++)
{
    DoSomething();
}

Re: Is while or for faster? - bigcomfycouch - 06.10.2010

In my tests ( http://pastebin.com/Hj0tJjCx ), while was slightly faster. However, the difference was 7800 ms for 'for' and 7300 ms for 'while' at 100,000,000 loops, which is but an infinitesimal difference.