C++ most efficient way to convert string to int (faster than atoi)

Question

As mentioned in the title, I\'m looking for something that can give me more performance than atoi. Presently, the fastest way I know is

atoi(mystring.c_str(         


        

Answer 1

This page compares conversion speed between different string->int functions using different compilers. The naive function, which offers no error checking, offers speeds roughly twice as fast as atoi(), according to the results presented.

// Taken from http://tinodidriksen.com/uploads/code/cpp/speed-string-to-int.cpp
int naive(const char *p) {
    int x = 0;
    bool neg = false;
    if (*p == '-') {
        neg = true;
        ++p;
    }
    while (*p >= '0' && *p <= '9') {
        x = (x*10) + (*p - '0');
        ++p;
    }
    if (neg) {
        x = -x;
    }
    return x;
}

it is always positive

Remove the negative checks in the above code for a micro optimization.

If you can guarantee the string will not have anything but numeric characters, you can micro optimize further by changing the loop

while (*p >= '0' && *p <= '9') {

to

while (*p != '\0' ) {

Which leaves you with

unsigned int naive(const char *p) {
    unsigned int x = 0;
    while (*p != '\0') {
        x = (x*10) + (*p - '0');
        ++p;
    }
    return x;
}