Re: [MacPerl] Some suggestions?

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Wed, 19 May 1999, Allan Greenier wrote:

> The engine will search a list that looks like this:
> ("Data<TAB>Data<TAB>Data<TAB>Data","Data<TAB>Data<TAB>Data<TAB>Data").
> This list will be 500 items long. Sometimes it needs to search in the
> first item, sometimes the others. Usually only one item.

With search my first question always is, is the list (the data) dynamic or
static?

A reasonably static list gives you the opportunity to build an index.

If not, hashes, I think, are the way to go. If there is no obvious key
then make one.

Can you post a typical row?

Arved



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