[REBOL] Re: Find speed Re:(3)

[giesse]

Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]!

On 08-Lug-00, you wrote:

 b> Associative structures are best accessed with select, not
 b> find. The hash! type optimizes select, but is no faster
 b> than a block with find, as far as I can tell.

>> select ["a" "b" "b" "won't work" "c" "at all"] "a"
== "b"
>> select ["a" "b" "b" "won't work" "c" "at all"] "b"
== "b"
>> select make hash! ["a" "b" "b" "won't work" "c" "at all"] "b"
== "b"

>From this I assume SELECT just uses FIND. That is:

  select: func [series value] [second find series value]

(if you allow me the simplification).

Regards,
    Gabriele.
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