to find a word in a big list you should really use a dictionary / hash table instead of binary search... ;-) (ok i know that wasnt the point you were trying to make :) Jean-Paul
PS: [META] - people pls to cut off long message includes - some of us don't enjoy always on high bandwidth :( >>> a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/06/07 2:36 AM >>> For example, in computational linguistics, the algorithm can use a binary search to find records relating to a word, instead of scanning the whole database. What I mean is that the database can use indexes with a binary search algorithm to locate the word faster. This means that it avoids scanning each and every record of the database to find the pixel representation of the letters of the word (the bitmap image of the word). ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
