Find vs. Offset

[Peter Bogdanoff]

So going to a stack and using the Find command is OK, speedwise? I'm searching 5 substacks, each with 200-500 cards.

The Dictionary says that offset is faster.

I was hoping that someone with eons of experience would say, "Nah, you should do such and such..."

I guess I'll have to try both.

Thanks Jacqueline for the bug pointer.

Peter
UCLA

On Dec 17, 2012, at 8:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 12/17/12 9:53 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, not an answer but a pointer. How does the IDE's Find and Replace do
>> it? This searches multiple stacks without visibly visiting the stacks - you
>> end where you started, at the Find and Replace stack. It basically does
>> what you want, except it only lists one line even if there are multiple
>> entries, and it doesn't have 3 words before and after.
> 
> The 1-line entry is an ancient bug. Resize the stack slightly and they all show up.
> 
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