How to filter a big list

[David Glasgow]

On 21 Oct 2009, at 6:00 pm, Jérôme Rosat wrotewrote:

>> Filtering takes the most time when I type  the first and the  
>> second letter. That takes approximately 800  milliseconds for the  
>> first char and about 570 milliseconds for the  second char. The  
>> repeat loop with the "contains" operator is a little  beat slower  
>> (about 50 milliseconds) than the "filter ... with". There  is no  
>> significant difference when the third char or more is typed. Of   
>> course I filter a variable before to put it in the list field

How about the filter with only kicks in after the second or third  
character is typed? The first two characters take a disproportionate  
amount of time, and probably don't reduce the list size substantially.

David Glasgow