doh. Same thing you did. *sigh* Except i'm not passing the actual text back and forth since theres no point. Ignore me. :)
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Using numeric sort, 100k lines being reversed takes 126 millisec on my > system. > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oops, make sure the sort is numeric, which I forgot. >> >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just curious.. How does this compare? >>> >>> local scount >>> on mouseUp >>> put the number of lines in field 1 + 1 into scount >>> sort lines of field 1 by getCount() >>> end mouseUp >>> >>> function getCount >>> subtract 1 from sCount >>> return sCount >>> end getCount >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:52 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Just tinkering around on a lazy Sunday, and I thought I'd come up with >>>> a neat way to reverse a list without using the traditional clunky method: >>>> >>>> function reverseSort pList >>>> repeat for each line l in pList >>>> put l & cr before tList >>>> end repeat >>>> return tList >>>> end reverseSort >>>> >>>> One of the best things I learned from a past LC converence came from >>>> Jerry Daniels who said "let the engine do it." It's almost always faster >>>> and more efficient. With that in mind I wrote this: >>>> >>>> local sNum >>>> >>>> function reverseText pList >>>> put the number of lines in pList into sNum >>>> sort lines of pList numeric by reverseSort(each) >>>> return pList >>>> end reverseText >>>> >>>> function reverseSort pTxt >>>> subtract 1 from sNum >>>> return sNum && pTxt >>>> end reverseSort >>>> >>>> Works great and I was proud. Then I did some timing tests and found out >>>> the two methods are very close to equivalent in timing, and on long lists, >>>> the first way is actually faster. >>>> >>>> So much for improving on LC's text chunking speed. Pah. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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
