Intersecting data question/challenge

[Jon]

How about loading a string with the numbers from one list, represented 
as strings (1 ==> "001", etc) appended and separated by spaces or commas.

Then run through the second number list searching for each number in the 
above string?

Hugely clunky, due to Rev's sloth, but it might be faster.

I *@(*%# hate it when one has to jump through these kinds of hoops to 
make something work fast enough.  I have better things to do with my 
time.  Sigh.

:)

Jon


Chris Sheffield wrote:

> Could you make use of the split command somehow?  You would have to  
> format your lists a little differently, but if you did it right and  
> specified a primary and secondary delimiter, you might be able to get  
> quick results and still take advantage of the intersect command.   
> Anyway, just another idea.
>
> Chris Sheffield
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Yes, I looked at the intersect command, but it performs the action  
>> on the keys not the data from a list.  I would have to create an  
>> array element for each integer in the list with the integer as the  
>> key.  Sounded like two loops that would run even slower than my  
>> example:
>>
>> repeat for each item theItem in list1
>>   put empty into myArray1[theItem]
>> end repeat
>> repeat for each item theItem in list2
>>   put empty into myArray2[theItem]
>> end repeat
>> intersect myArray1 with myArray2
>> if the keys of myArray1 is empty then get false else get true
>>
>> In actual practice, the above example runs 3 times slower than the  
>> below example for the sample data shown.
>>
>> However, knowing that Rev had such a command for the keys, I  thought 
>> perhaps someone knew of a more clever way to use it, or  maybe there 
>> was another way to intersect data.
>>
>> Dennis
>
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