Faster parsing of numbers on .NET
c#, f#, parsing, performance
Solution
`System.Int32.Parse` is slowlest, because it used `CultureInfo`, `FormatInfo` and etc; and performance reason is not in the temporary strings.
Code from reflection:
private unsafe static bool ParseNumber(ref char* str, NumberStyles options, ref Number.NumberBuffer number, NumberFormatInfo numfmt, bool parseDecimal)
{
number.scale = 0;
number.sign = false;
string text = null;
string text2 = null;
string str2 = null;
string str3 = null;
bool flag = false;
string str4;
string str5;
if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol) != NumberStyles.None)
{
text = numfmt.CurrencySymbol;
if (numfmt.ansiCurrencySymbol != null)
{
text2 = numfmt.ansiCurrencySymbol;
}
str2 = numfmt.NumberDecimalSeparator;
str3 = numfmt.NumberGroupSeparator;
str4 = numfmt.CurrencyDecimalSeparator;
str5 = numfmt.CurrencyGroupSeparator;
flag = true;
}
else
{
str4 = numfmt.NumberDecimalSeparator;
str5 = numfmt.NumberGroupSeparator;
}
int num = 0;
char* ptr = str;
char c = *ptr;
while (true)
{
if (!Number.IsWhite(c) || (options & NumberStyles.AllowLeadingWhite) == NumberStyles.None || ((num & 1) != 0 && ((num & 1) == 0 || ((num & 32) == 0 && numfmt.numberNegativePattern != 2))))
{
bool flag2;
char* ptr2;
if ((flag2 = (((options & NumberStyles.AllowLeadingSign) == NumberStyles.None) ? false : ((num & 1) == 0))) && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
{
num |= 1;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
else
{
if (flag2 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
{
num |= 1;
number.sign = true;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
else
{
if (c == '(' && (options & NumberStyles.AllowParentheses) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 1) == 0)
{
num |= 3;
number.sign = true;
}
else
{
if ((text == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text)) == null) && (text2 == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text2)) == null))
{
break;
}
num |= 32;
text = null;
text2 = null;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
}
}
}
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
}
int num2 = 0;
int num3 = 0;
while (true)
{
if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || ((options & NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier) != NumberStyles.None && ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F'))))
{
num |= 4;
if (c != '0' || (num & 8) != 0)
{
if (num2 < 50)
{
number.digits[(IntPtr)(num2++)] = c;
if (c != '0' || parseDecimal)
{
num3 = num2;
}
}
if ((num & 16) == 0)
{
number.scale++;
}
num |= 8;
}
else
{
if ((num & 16) != 0)
{
number.scale--;
}
}
}
else
{
char* ptr2;
if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 16) == 0 && ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str4)) != null || (flag && (num & 32) == 0 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str2)) != null)))
{
num |= 16;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
else
{
if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowThousands) == NumberStyles.None || (num & 4) == 0 || (num & 16) != 0 || ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str5)) == null && (!flag || (num & 32) != 0 || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str3)) == null)))
{
break;
}
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
}
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
}
bool flag3 = false;
number.precision = num3;
number.digits[(IntPtr)num3] = '\0';
if ((num & 4) != 0)
{
if ((c == 'E' || c == 'e') && (options & NumberStyles.AllowExponent) != NumberStyles.None)
{
char* ptr3 = ptr;
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
char* ptr2;
if ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
{
c = *(ptr = ptr2);
}
else
{
if ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
{
c = *(ptr = ptr2);
flag3 = true;
}
}
if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
{
int num4 = 0;
do
{
num4 = num4 * 10 + (int)(c - '0');
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
if (num4 > 1000)
{
num4 = 9999;
while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
{
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
}
}
}
while (c >= '0' && c <= '9');
if (flag3)
{
num4 = -num4;
}
number.scale += num4;
}
else
{
ptr = ptr3;
c = *ptr;
}
}
while (true)
{
if (!Number.IsWhite(c) || (options & NumberStyles.AllowTrailingWhite) == NumberStyles.None)
{
bool flag2;
char* ptr2;
if ((flag2 = (((options & NumberStyles.AllowTrailingSign) == NumberStyles.None) ? false : ((num & 1) == 0))) && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
{
num |= 1;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
else
{
if (flag2 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
{
num |= 1;
number.sign = true;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
else
{
if (c == ')' && (num & 2) != 0)
{
num &= -3;
}
else
{
if ((text == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text)) == null) && (text2 == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text2)) == null))
{
break;
}
text = null;
text2 = null;
ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
}
}
}
}
c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
}
if ((num & 2) == 0)
{
if ((num & 8) == 0)
{
if (!parseDecimal)
{
number.scale = 0;
}
if ((num & 16) == 0)
{
number.sign = false;
}
}
str = ptr;
return true;
}
}
str = ptr;
return false;
}
public static int Parse(string s)
{
return Number.ParseInt32(s, NumberStyles.Integer, NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo);
}
internal unsafe static int ParseInt32(string s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
{
byte* stackBuffer = stackalloc byte[1 * 114 / 1];
Number.NumberBuffer numberBuffer = new Number.NumberBuffer(stackBuffer);
int result = 0;
Number.StringToNumber(s, style, ref numberBuffer, info, false);
if ((style & NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier) != NumberStyles.None)
{
if (!Number.HexNumberToInt32(ref numberBuffer, ref result))
{
throw new OverflowException(Environment.GetResourceString("Overflow_Int32"));
}
}
else
{
if (!Number.NumberToInt32(ref numberBuffer, ref result))
{
throw new OverflowException(Environment.GetResourceString("Overflow_Int32"));
}
}
return result;
}
private unsafe static void StringToNumber(string str, NumberStyles options, ref Number.NumberBuffer number, NumberFormatInfo info, bool parseDecimal)
{
if (str == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("String");
}
fixed (char* ptr = str)
{
char* ptr2 = ptr;
if (!Number.ParseNumber(ref ptr2, options, ref number, info, parseDecimal) || ((ptr2 - ptr / 2) / 2 < str.Length && !Number.TrailingZeros(str, (ptr2 - ptr / 2) / 2)))
{
throw new FormatException(Environment.GetResourceString("Format_InvalidString"));
}
}
}
Problem
I have written two functions that convert a string of whitespace-separated integers into an int array. The first function uses `Substring` and then applies `System.Int32.Parse` to convert the substring into an `int` value: ``` let intsOfString (s: string) = let ints = ResizeArray() let rec inside i j = if j = s.Length then ints.Add(s.Substring(i, j-i) |> System.Int32.Parse) else let c = s.[j] if '0' <= c && c <= '9' then inside i (j+1) else ints.Add(s.Substring(i, j-i) |> System.Int32.Parse) outside (j+1) and outside i = if i < s.Length then let c = s.[i] if '0' <= c && c <= '9' then inside i (i+1) else outside (i+1) outside 0 ints.ToArray() ``` The second function traverses the characters of the string in-place accumulating the integer without creating a temporary substring: ``` let intsOfString (s: string) = let ints = ResizeArray() let rec inside n i = if i = s.Length then ints.Add n else let c = s.[i] if '0' <= c && c <= '9' then inside (10*n + int c - 48) (i+1) else ints.Add n outside(i+1) and outside i = if i < s.Length then let c = s.[i] if '0' <= c && c <= '9' then inside (int c - 48) (i+1) else outside (i+1) outside 0 ints.ToArray() ``` Benchmarking on space-separated integers 1 to 1,000,000, the first version takes 1.5s whereas the second version takes 0.3s. Parsing such values can be performance critical so leaving 5x performance on the table by using temporary substrings can be undesirable. Parsing integers is easy but parsing other values such as floating point numbers, decimals and dates is considerably harder. So, are there built-in functions to parse directly from a substring within a string (i.e. using the given start and length of a string) in order to avoid generating a temporary string? If not, are there any libraries that provide efficient functions to do this?