Could using “is among the keys of sDictFile” instead of the loop be another advantage? .Jerry
> On Mar 2, 2022, at 3:12 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Jacque, > > Have you tried > > put the keys of sDictFile into tCorrWdList > repeat for each line I in pList > if I is among the lines of tCorrWdList then > put I & cr after tCheckedList > else > put I & cr after tNonWords > end if > end repeat > > I just wonder if there is some overhead with checking the array on each > iteration. > > But like you say, it may not be the repeat loop at all. > > - Devin > > > On Mar 2, 2022, at 2:57 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: > > In my Boggle game I have an array containing dictionary words as keys, split > as set, so all values are "true". I need to compare those keys with a list of > user words and get back a list of good words and a list of illegal words. > > The loop takes forever. Here it is (sDictFile is a script local): > > repeat for each line l in pList -- pList is the user word list > if sDictFile[l] = true then put l & cr after tCheckedList > else put l & cr after tNonWords > wait 0 with messages -- prevent ANRs > end repeat > > I added the wait because my Android phone was putting up an "app not > responding" warning while the loop was running (or just after, hard to tell.) > The loop should be much faster than that. When I added some timing checks > though, the timer says the loop takes between 0 and 1 millisecond, and yet > the wait on screen remains. > > With a 3-word user list, the loop takes 4 seconds. With an 8 word user list > the loop takes 6 seconds. The more user words, the longer the wait. > > Even stranger: on my cheapo Android tablet with 4 megs of RAM running Android > 9 the response is nearly instantaneous, even if the user list has 200+ words. > On my Pixel phone with 8 megs of RAM and Android 12 the response is slow > enough to trigger the ANR with only 3 words. I'm building for ARM 64. > > I've tried any number of workarounds without luck, on both LC 9.6.6 and LC > 10.0.0. Any ideas? I have a feeling it isn't the script per se, it's > something else. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | > jac...@hyperactivesw.com<mailto:jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto: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 > > Devin Asay > Office of Digital Humanities > Brigham Young University > > _______________________________________________ > 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
