testing for empty string

That's hard to answer exactly without something to test against and there is a lot to take into account with multiple string commands such as the overhead if you are doing temp string allocations. In general though, if you can do it with a handful of string commands, that's preferable.

 

 

Can you post an example of what you are trying to parse? We'll see if we can come up with a decent solution for you.

 

 

-Joe