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

A faster convert function only for positive integers without error checking.

Multiplication is always slower that sum and shift, therefore change multiply with shift.

int fast_atoi( const char * str )
{
    int val = 0;
    while( *str ) {
        val = (val << 3) + (val << 1) + (*str++ - '0');
    }
    return val;
}