On Wed, 10 May 2017, Matti wrote: > Yes. But as I don't know [iIndex], I have to iterate through the (huge) array > with 'For...Next'. > I hoped to make it faster with 'Find'.
You can make the code smaller by using the optional Mode parameter to String[].Find() (cf. the docs [1]). The following will work as you wanted: Dim aNames As New String[] aNames.Add("Anna") aNames.Add("Berta") aNames.Add("Christa") aNames.Add("Dora") Print aNames.Find("Chr*", gb.Like) ' will print 2 but it will probably make the code slower because the gb.Like mode makes the Find() operation significantly more complex. I would recommend you test it out though. Also let me say that Gambas can't perform wonders. Just because you call a single built-in function doesn't make the operation fast. If your array is huge and unsorted, all searches will be slow. In fact, the Find() method is implemented as a For-Next loop (in C, admittedly). Regards, Tobi [1] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/string[]/find -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user