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Tilak Muruduru Divakar
6,459 PointsEfficiency, Continue vs if else ?
In the shopping_list app, we could add an item in the else block instead of using continue. Which one is more efficient? using continue or adding item in the else block?
I think using continue is more efficient since we go to the next iteration without checking other conditions.
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsIt might be slightly more efficient, but efficiency is usually not a concern when user input is being processed. The human is extremely slow by computer terms, so most of the computer's time is spent just waiting.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsExcellent point. Modern processor are so fast that they actually can go into sleep mode between keystrokes to save power. Of course, that was before all the crazy background apps took over.