Thanks for the recommended change to the loop Kerry, I'm currently trying to
streamline the code in an application and this has helped me out a lot. I
just need to go thru my app and replace all my loops :)
Regards,
Peter
> I'm wondering if the dot syntax is going to cause me a
> problem with my idea. I know this code works as is, the
> global variable gStandard1DataRef is a list of around 60
> variables and it works it's way thru the list loading the data.
>
> LoadListData is another handler just for ref.
>
> on LoadDataSet datadir
> Global gStandard1DataRef
> x = 1
> repeat while x < gStandard1DataRef.count + 1
> LoadListData (datadir, gStandard1DataRef[x])
> x = x + 1
> end repeat
> end
The dot-syntax and bracket access both work. It doesn't matter much
which you use--they won't conflict with each other, but I like to stick
with one style just for code readability and consistency.
Your repeat loop will be a bit more efficient if you structure it like
this:
refCount= gStandard1DataRef.count
repeat with x = 1 to refCount
LoadListData (datadir, gStandard1DataRef[x])
end repeat
Loops are a bottleneck in Lingo--it's not a true compiled language. I
think that putting the x = x + 1 adds extra bytecode that has to be
interpreted each time through the loop, while the "repeat with" should
be done in machine language. Not sure about that, but it can't hurt. At
any rate, saving the count speeds it up, rather than having to access
the count property each time through the loop.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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