Hello, I have an array with 20000 records, where I want to extract all records, which either "begins with" or "contains" a search string.
Up to now I just loop thru the whole array, do the compare and extract the result records. I wonder, if there is a way to speed up this search? E.g., does it makes a difference, if I compare the string in the key or the data of the array while looping thru? I mean, would it make a difference, if I would create an "associative" array, where my search looks up in the keys of the array, either by looping thru the array, or by extracting first the keys of the array into a separate variable, instead in the data of the original array? Would it make a difference looping thru a variable, which just contains the keys of the array, instead of looping thru the complete array, because of the smaller "footprint" in the memory? Or shouldn't I care about these differences and just let LC makes its job? Any experiences welcome, Tiemo _______________________________________________ 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
