Check if string matches many possibilities or check if doesn't match few possibilities.

Let's say I have a set of validated strings: {'B2D2', 'CPS4', 'R2D2', 'RB2D2', 'SB2D2', 'T2D2'}. And I want to proceed based on whether the input string matches any of the following: {'B2D2', 'R2D2', 'RB2D2', 'SB2D2'}. Which would be a faster invocation of strcmp()?

if any(strcmp(params.Results.eletype, {'B2D2', 'R2D2', 'RB2D2', 'SB2D2'}))

Or, check if it DOES NOT match the supplementary possibilites:

if ~any(strcmp(params.Results.eletype, {'CPS4', 'T2D2'}))

I ask this from a high-performance standpoint. I'm trying to cut computation time wherever I reasonably can here.

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

I guess that 2nd should be faster because it involve less comparisons; however, Instead of speculations, it is better to just profile the code: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/profiling-for-improving-performance.html.

[Christopher Wong]

Thank you for your answer. I suppose that I agree with your suggestion.