>>Mine is slower- but I do not see any other way, it's generic - so I cannot use any operator (!=, ==, etc)
>True, I hadn't thought about that.
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>>If I take Equals() out and the double index (index1 and index2) they compare
>>What I'm trying to do is (1) avoid accessing first.Length on each iteration and (2) decrement and compare to zero rather than another value
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>Given the constraint I can't see any way of improving on it!
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>>Bonus: shouldn't you dispose of MD5CryptoServiceProvider() ?
>In favour of ?

No favour at all, just that it should be disposed since it implements IDisposable




>Of topic, I'm still having trouble with my weekend SQL problem - may have to resurrect the thread :-{

Anytime, Viv

>Best,
>Viv