Hi Thierry, I have to correct my remark: At first, case 2 will loose some merits, because after the first replace linesOfNumbers is already a comma separated list and remains that.
We should write it like that? -- case 2 repeat nRepeat put LinesOfNumbers into nn replace return with comma in nn put min(nn) into min2 end repeat I also found, that sorting is best in LC 7/8: -- case 4 repeat nRepeat put LinesOfNumbers into nn sort nn numeric put line 1 of nn into min4 end repeat The results here (what a difference between versions ...) version: replaceText - replace - min() - sort 6.7.9: Done in 0.32 - 0.07 - 0.06 - 0.18 7.1.2: Done in 1.97 - 4.83 - 1.55 - 0.95 8.0.0: Done in 2.09 - 4.89 - 2.89 - 1.00 Tested with (your slightly modified script): on mouseUp repeat with i=1 to 1000 get random( 1000) put IT & cr after LinesOfNumbers put IT & comma after OneLineOfNumbers put IT into b[i] end repeat delete last char of LinesOfNumbers delete last char of OneLineOfNumbers put 100 into nRepeat put the milliseconds into _ct -- case 1 repeat nRepeat put min( replaceText( LinesOfNumbers, return,comma)) into min1 end repeat put (the milliseconds - _ct) / nRepeat into timing1 wait 1 ticks with messages put the milliseconds into _ct -- case 2 repeat nRepeat put LinesOfNumbers into nn replace return with comma in nn put min(nn) into min2 end repeat put (the milliseconds - _ct) / nRepeat into timing2 wait 1 ticks with messages put the milliseconds into _ct -- case 3 repeat nRepeat put min( OneLineOfNumbers) into min3 end repeat put (the milliseconds - _ct) / nRepeat into timing3 wait 1 ticks with messages put the milliseconds into _ct -- case 4 repeat nRepeat put LinesOfNumbers into nn sort nn numeric put line 1 of nn into min4 end repeat put (the milliseconds - _ct) / nRepeat into timing4 put format( "Done in %.2f - %.2f - %.2f - %.2f %s %s %s %s", \ timing1, timing2, timing3, timing4, min1 is min3, min2 is min3, min4 is min3) into fld 1 end mouseUp _______________________________________________ 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