First optimization would be to put … & cr after vCombined and then delete the trailing from when done.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I have a set of fields, call them A, B, C, and D. Each has the same number > of lines. Each field has different text (per line) > > I need to combine the data - frequently - into a form that look like: > > <i><tab><line i of fld A><tab><line i of fld B><tab><line i of fld > C><tab><line i of fld D><cr> > > For the number of lines in the set of fields. Currently I do this as follows: > > put empty into vCombined > put fld A into v1 > put fld B into v2 > put fld C into v3 > put fld D into v4 > repeat with i=1 to the number of lines in v1 > put i &tab& line i of v1 &tab& line i of v2 &tab& line i of v3 &tab& line i > of v4 into line i of vCombined > end repeat > > I put the field contents into variable before the loop to combine them as my > understanding is variable access is faster than field access in a loop > > My question to the Hivemind is: Is there a noticeably faster way to covert > these field to the tab delimited structure as show above than the code above? > > This current takes about 20 seconds for 2000 lines or about a second per 100 > lines (very roughly, I was not using a timer in my code, just my wristwatch > seconds in the IDE debugger between breakpoints) > > Thank you for any pointers in advance, > > Paul Dupuis > Researchware > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
