Larry, "repeat for each line..." is definitely faster
and repeat for each line j in myVar if j contains myText then end if end repeat should be pretty fast. jbv > I have a large variable containing about 3000 lines of data - each line > about 100 characters. > > I want to search through the variable and find all the lines that contain > a specified string > > Should I use (repeatedly) "lineoffset...", or should I use "repeat for > each line..." or maybe some other faster way? > > Or with only 3000 lines of data, does it even matter? > > TIA > Larry > _______________________________________________ > 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