Jacque, How about using the 'difference' command? Here's a simple example:
on mouseUp put "true" into tDict["test"] put "true" into tDict["word"] put "true" into tDict["ball"] put "test" & cr & "ball" & cr & "boat" & cr & "unicorn" into tUserWords split tUserWords by cr and tab difference tUserWords with tDict if tUserWords is not an array then answer "All words matched!" else answer "Sorry, try again, these words didn't match:" & cr & cr & (the keys of tUserWords) end if end mouseUp If you run this, it will say that "boat" and "unicorn" don't match; if tUserWords is "test" and "ball" you get "all words matched". Will this work? Ken > On Mar 3, 2022, at 2:34 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 3/3/22 2:00 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote: >> But what prevents you from loading all your data into an array? and just >> iterating over the keys or index of an array? vs the lines of a long list.? >> That will yield the fastest performance. > > Right, it's an array, and I don't iterate. I just check the array key > directly for a value. > > I realize I'm kind of monopolizing things here. I wrote the game for myself > and I ignored the speed issues and just played it on my tablet where it works > fine, but now someone else wants to include it in a distributed app so I need > to figure it out. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com Website: https://www.sonsothunder.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode