I think this pointer remembering is call APC (Attribute Positioning Cache). Well it is in UV anyway.
Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:19 PM Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Exit BASIC program with SELECT list? :I had this discussion with Ian Sanders and from what I understood, in : current versions of [UV] that the pointer is now maintained in loops. So : that there is no longer speed related advantages (pointer based) using : REMOVE. : : FOR I = 1 TO 10000 : X = ARRAY<I> : NEXT I : : Is equivalent to: : : FOR I = 1 TO 10000 : X = REMOVE(ARRAY<I>) : NEXT I : : -[d]- : : -----Original Message----- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:10 AM : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Exit BASIC program with SELECT list? : : : On 26 Oct 2004 13:26:22 -0700, Allen Egerton wrote: : > Why wouldn't you use the REMOVE statement? : : On 26 Oct 2004 16:33:55 -0700, Allen E. Elwood wrote: : > Ohh.....lemme see, could it be that I've never heard of REMOVE? : : A caution with REMOVE - It removes up to the next DELIMITER, so if you have : value marks or lower delimiters in your data, you won't skip an entire : attribute. Full UniData syntax is : : REMOVE var FROM dyn.var [AT col.pos] SETTING delim.code : : delim.code returns the delimiter: 0=End, 1=Record Mark, 2=Attribute Mark, : etc. : : I found the following works rather well, and returns full attributes : without extra coding: : : SELECT DYM.ARRAY TO LIST.VAR : LOOP WHILE READNEXT ATTR FROM LIST.VAR DO : <process ATTR> : REPEAT : : Also, when building a list, I found on our system that using : : NEW.LIST = NEW.LIST:@AM:NEW.VAL : : works faster than the <-1> construct. : : Your mileage may vary. : : --Tom Pellitieri : Century Equipment : Toledo, Ohio : ------- : u2-users mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ : ------- : u2-users mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ : : ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/