Fast VBScript string class by Jan Verhoeven, 10 November 2001 String building in VBScript is very slow. The VBScript class presented below is easy to use and much faster. <%... 'fast string class class strCat dim index, ub, ar() PrivateSub Class_Initialize() 'statements redim ar(50) index=0 ub=10 End Sub PrivateSub Class_Terminate() 'statements erase ar End Sub public default Sub Add(value) ar(index)=value index=index+1 if index>ub then ub=ub+50 redim preserve ar(ub) endif end sub publicFunction dump redim preserve ar(index-1) dump=join(ar,"") end function end class 'first traditional method t1=time os="" for i=1to5000 os=os &"This is the slow method of building strings" next t2=time t3=time set cat=new strCat for i=1to5000 cat("This is the slow method of building strings") next s= cat.dump set cat =nothing t4=time response.Write("Using the & operator:"&cstr(t1) &" - "&cstr(t2) &"<br>Using the fast string class: "&cstr(t3) &" - cstr(t4) & "<br>") %> Using strCat First create a new instance of the class with: set cat= new strCat Next you add add substrings: cat("add some substring to the fast string class") cat("add another substring to the fast string class") When you are done dump the result string and release the object: s=cat.dump set cat=nothing