I believe the reason for the delay comes from the fact that when sorted descending, you put tRec & CR before tCellData. Tp put something before a container is slower than putting something after a container.
Regards Tore Nilsen > 29. mar. 2020 kl. 13:06 skrev Terence Heaford via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I have approx. 7000 lines of tab delimited data. > > When I execute the code snippet below if the sort order is descending it > takes approx 120 milliseconds otherwise it takes 20 milliseconds to process. > > Can someone explain why and perhaps come up with a faster solution. > > Thanks > > Terry > —————————— > > repeat for each line tRec in tData > > add item 6 of tRec to tBalance > > put tBalance into item 7 of tRec > > > switch tOrder > > case "desc" > > put tRec & CR before tCellData > > break > > default > > put tRec & CR after tCellData > > end switch > > > end repeat > > > switch tOrder > > case "desc" > > delete char 1 of tCellData > > break > > default > > delete last char of tCellData > > end switch > > ------------------- > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
