Re: Strings vs Arrays

M. Lewis wrote:

I now we can push (concatenate) data onto an array.

I would assume that we could concatenate data on to a string as well
with something like:

$newstring = $oldstring . $newdata

Yes.

Maybe this isn't correct though. I've not yet tried it.

My question is one method 'better' than the other? If so, why so?

Assuming there is no difference, then perhaps the determination of which
to use is dependent entirely on what is to be done with the data later
in the program.

It depends on the data and what you want to do with it. Strings and string
operations are usually more efficient than arrays and although most arrays can
be simulated using strings there are some list/array operations that are not
possible or harder to do on strings.

So what kind of data are you talking about? :-)



John
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