Arrgh. Try again. “among the keys of C” instead of the keys of tCorrWdList like I wrote. I’ll quit now. .Jerry
> On Mar 2, 2022, at 5:44 PM, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Now that I’m thinking more directly, I’ll try again: > > Instead of putting the keys OF C into tCorrWdList and using > “among the lines of tCorrWdList", > how about using “among the keys of tCorrWdList”? — wrong - should have geen > the keys of C instead > > Judging from no knowledge of the internals but guessing what it must do: > “among the lines” has to look for all the line endings (unicode!), > but “among the keys” can jump along by constant offsets since > the keys are all fixed length hashes ? > The lines happen to be all the same length, but “among the lines” can’t > assume that and has to go look. > > Maybe I’m missing something again . . . > .Jerry > > >> On Mar 2, 2022, at 4:19 PM, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> 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 C 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
