Hi Dick, That is really nice! Thank you. It works great.
John Balgenorth On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:49 AM, Dick Kriesel <dick.krie...@mail.com> wrote: > On Sep 27, 2014, at 12:23 AM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote: > >> But there might be a faster way. > > Hi, John. > > Here's a way that works in under a millisecond on my iMac, and a way to test > its speed. > > command replace_maybe @rString > repeat with i = 3 to length( rString ) step 3 > if char i of rString is "D" then > put "+" into char i of rString > end if > end repeat > end replace_maybe > > on mouseUp > local tString, tMilliseconds > repeat 1000 -- strings > put empty into tString > repeat 10000 -- characters > put any char of "abcdef" after tString > end repeat > subtract the long milliseconds from tMilliseconds > replace_maybe tString > add the long milliseconds to tMilliseconds > end repeat > answer "milliseconds per string:" && tMilliseconds / 1000 > end mouseUp > > How's that, John? > > -- Dick > _______________________________________________ > 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
