Speeding up array initialization

[Mark Brownell]

Here is a better arranged version of the string based function:

This works with [1][2][3] kinds of data points:

on mouseUp
   local yourData
   put "<[1][1]>Things about bob.</[1][1]>" & return into yourData
   put "<[1][1][1]>Bob has a big coat.</[1][1][1]>" & return after 
yourData
   put "<[1][1][2]>Bob has a big goat.</[1][1][2]>" & return after 
yourData

   -- example calls:
   put empty into bobStuffHere
   put getArrayData(yourData, "[1][1][1]") into foundThis
   put foundThis & return into bobStuffHere

   put "Bob has a small cat." into tData
   put putArrayData(yourData, "[1][1][1]", tData) into yourData

   put getArrayData(yourData,"[1][1][1]") into foundThis
   put foundThis & return after bobStuffHere

   put "Bob has a small dog." into tData
   put putArrayData(yourData, "[1][1][3]", tData) into yourData

   answer bobStuffHere
   put yourData
end mouseUp

function getArrayData stngToSch, tStTag
   put empty into zapped
   put "<" & tStTag & ">" into sTag
   put "</" & tStTag & ">" into eTag
   put the number of chars in sTag into dChars
   put offset(sTag,stngToSch) into tNum1
   put offset(eTag,stngToSch) into tNum2
   if tNum1 < 1 then
     return "error"
     exit getArrayData
   end if
   if tNum2 < 1 then
     return "error"
     exit getArrayData
   end if
   put char (tNum1 + dChars) to (tNum2 - 1) of stngToSch into zapped
   return zapped
end getArrayData

function putArrayData stngToSch, tStTag, dataToPut
   put empty into zapped
   put "<" & tStTag & ">" into sTag
   put "</" & tStTag & ">" into eTag
   put sTag & dataToPut & eTag into changeZap
   put the number of chars in sTag into dChars
   put offset(sTag,stngToSch) into tNum1
   put offset(eTag,stngToSch) into tNum2
   if tNum1 < 1 then
     put changeZap after stngToSch
     return stngToSch
     exit putArrayData
   end if
   if tNum2 < 1 then
     put changeZap after stngToSch
     return stngToSch
     exit putArrayData
   end if
   put char tNum1 to (tNum2 + dChars + 1) of stngToSch into zapSpot
   replace zapSpot with changeZap in stngToSch
   return stngToSch
end putArrayData