>Jay Reeve wrote:I've often wondered whether there is a speed difference
>between
>
>>   LEN(given$)
>> and
>>   PEEK(@given$)

The difference is so small that I don't think you would see a one tick gain
for anything less that several million iterations.

There is something that makes a really big difference tho.

POKE @t$,0

Is a _lot_ faster than...

t$ = ""


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