i recommend to you to use the category calls and continue using binary search
best regards manuel On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 11:15, Desenvolvimento 3 wrote: > Hi folks, > > What�s the best way to perform a search on a pdb? I like to use the binary > search algorithm but this one looks not so much efficient to solve my > problem. > I have a list with several products inside that are ordened by their product > class. When the user selects choose one class I must show him all products. > I tried the sequencial search but it is horrible, now I am triyng the binary > but when the code makes its division it may or not get ther first product of > my class, than I have to run back to find the first one. It is not good to. > > ex.: > class product > 1 1 > 1 2 > 1 3 > 1 4 > 1 5 > 2 1 > 2 2 > 2 3 > > the binary search will divide this list on the 4th item, even I found the > right product of my class I must run back to the first product by > comparision. > > Does anybody have some ideas? > > thank you very much > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see > http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
