Hi Pete, thank you very much. It´s so much faster.
It seems, i should look closer to arrays. Regards, Matthias Am 06.10.2011 um 01:13 schrieb Pete: > I've used an array to do this type of operation in the past. Haven't tried > this code but it might work better. > > repeat for each line i in tTextA > put true into myArray[i]["A"] > end repeat > > repeat for each line i in tTextB > put true into myArray[i]["B"] > end repeat > > repeat for each line k in the keys of myArray > if myArray[k]["A"] is not true then put k & return after after tMissingInA > if myArray[k]["B"] is not true then put k & return after after tMissingInB > end repeat > > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Matthias Rebbe < > matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> i need to compare two very large text files with about 5000 - 7000 lines >> each with a lines size of up to 256 chars. >> >> I need to find out if there are lines missing in either file a or file b. >> >> What is the best way to do this with good speed? >> >> I tried to check each line in file a and if the line is in file b. >> And after that, i check for each line in file b and try to find out >> if the line is in file a. >> >> With large files it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to do the complete check. >> >> My script looks like this >> >> repeat for each line i in tTextA >> if i is not among the lines of tTextB then put i &return after tMissingInB >> end repeat >> >> repeat for each line i in tTextB >> if i is not among the lines of tTextA then put i &retrurn after tMissingInA >> end repeat >> >> Is there a better (faster) way? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
