Tiemo wrote: > I have an array with 20000 records, where I want to extract all > records, which either "begins with" or "contains" a search string. > > Up to now I just loop thru the whole array, do the compare and > extract the result records. I wonder, if there is a way to speed > up this search? E.g., does it makes a difference, if I compare the > string in the key or the data of the array while looping thru? I > mean, would it make a difference, if I would create an "associative" > array, where my search looks up in the keys of the array, either by > looping thru the array, or by extracting first the keys of the array > into a separate variable, instead in the data of the original array? > > Would it make a difference looping thru a variable, which just > contains the keys of the array, instead of looping thru the complete > array, because of the smaller "footprint" in the memory? > > Or shouldn't I care about these differences and just let LC makes its > job? > > Any experiences welcome,
I'm not entirely sure I understand the options you've described, but hopefully this will at least either help or be mildly amusing:
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