Marco Tedaldi wrote: > Jim Kring wrote: >> Hello Info-LV'ers, >> >> I have started a contest to create a high-performance VI that removes >> backspace characters (and the characters preceding them) from a string. >> The wining entry will become part of the OpenG Toolkit. (Note that VI >> Icons will be judged separately). > >> http://www.openg.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=OpenG+Coding+Challenge+-+Remove+Backspace >> > > That's just depressing! There are people in the rankint with a speedup > of about 160! And I've built two versions... one which completes in > about halve the time and another one which takes longer than the > original! :-( > > Are the Results on the site really true? I allmost can't believe it! But > I'm trying :-) > > Bye > > Marco >
Hi Marco, Yes the results are real ;-) Also, all of the top entries are very similar to the example, but do not use build array or delete from array. Keep trying and good luck. Regards, -Jim