Hmmm... I think I misread you to say that arrays are indexed. If that were the case, then the devs *should* be able to create functions for querying them and getting a subset of keys. I think then that this is NOT the case.
Bob S > On Mar 9, 2022, at 07:57 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Then why isn't there a method to query an array? That was precicely why I > wrote the routines to convert an array to a database. > > Bob S > > >> On Mar 8, 2022, at 15:56 , Neville Smythe via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Turning the list into an array will add indexing overhead very similar to >> what using a database would do (I suspect extremely similar in fact!) _______________________________________________ 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
