On Jun 22, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Steve Cronin wrote:

BUT in my case I don't care where, what word or how often - I just want to know IF a tag occurs in thePhrase!!

thePhrase = 8 words
theTags = 150 words

It seems that you have two sets (in the mathematical sense) and all you want to know is if their intersection is non-empty. Easiest solution: create two NSSet objects and use Apple's optimized implementation of set intersection:

BOOL tagAppearsInPhrase = [tagSet intersectsSet: phraseSet];

Anything you do otherwise will likely not be as fast.

Wagner
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