Hello Max,
> Hello, I'm wondering if sparse arrays in COS are suitable for
> multidimensional data analysis.
>
> My intention is to store information into arrays like:
>
> s ProductsSold("Apple","1997","december","Venezuela")=2000
>
> and create some routines to manipulate them (collapse dimensions,
> apply functions to each term, distribute values, etc).
>
> My first question is: are sparse arrays (in memory, not globals)
> limited to 32k ?
there is no 32k limit, but in-memory arrays become slow when they are big.
Use a global instead and its fast - Cach� caches globals very well (like
the name suggests ;-)
HTH
^Florian
