If it were me, I'd just drag the text file directly into the
project. Then at app startup (or better yet, the first time you
need to look up a word), split the file on its end-of-line
delimiter and stuff the words into a Dictionary object (as keys,
with a dummy value like True).
Stuffing the dictionary with 3.9 MB of data might take a second or
so, but then lookup (using Dictionary.HasKey) will be blazingly
fast. Also, since you know ahead of time how many words you'll be
stuffing, you can make the stuffing go faster by pre-sizing the
dictionary (i.e., assign a suitably large BinCount before you start
loading in values).
Okay, I've got the dictionary loaded, but HasKey is always returning
false. Any Ideas?
BinCount of the dictionary is 65521, Count is 177741, loading it
takes 2 seconds on a dual 1 GHz G4, and HasKey returns an answer
virtually instantaneously.
Andrew Keller
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