Is Looping faster then direct access

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Hi This is a general Q is looping through controles faster then directly accessing it in WEB if yes then how if no then how can some one plz Explain me this
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Posted 4-Jul-11 22:42pm

Steven.Pinto2000

Updated 4-Jul-11 22:43pm

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CPallini 5-Jul-11 5:04am

Well 'direct' in 'direct access' is an hint, isn't it?

Steven.Pinto2000 5-Jul-11 5:11am

yes

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JV9999 · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-04T23:03:00

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No, looping to lists is never faster than accessing data directly. This is because it will always perform extra steps and checks.

Posted 4-Jul-11 23:03pm

JV9999

All Time Programming · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-04T23:24:00

Direct access is always faster than looping as JV99999 pointed out the reason.

But in certain circumstances where you got to add/show random controls based on some criteria, then accessing it thru loops is better way to set or retrieve its value or so. Not necessary for each stage you got to access it via loop only, you can add TAG to each control and access particular control based on its index.

Conclusion : For stable controls, direct access is preferred and for dynamically adding a # of specific controls (Like textboxes, checkboxes, etc) yuo may access it via loops but always loops are not required and nor the preferred way.

Now it depends on your requirements and what do you want to do.

Hope this helps !