Fastest way to access items in a list

[Axel Bernard]

I'm accessing 80,000 items in a list pre-determined (thanks to B Combee 
for resource compilation tips under CW6, items are set at compilation time).

I program now search algorithms which will require the fastest way to 
access to each item.
E.g. the best way would be to have a

char *[]x;

to access the Nth item I would simply do x[N-1].

Unfortunately items cannot be accessed this simple way.

My question: what is the best (fastest) way to access the Nth item of 
this pre-determined List.

Thanks

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