which is faster for searching?

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thanks Pete,
Which version exactly is it?
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Haworth" <pete at lcsql.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: which is faster for searching?


> You might want to try the filter command too, especially the new version
> that has a lot more options including the ability to put the qualifying
> lines into a different container.
>
> Pete
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> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 7:22 AM, <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
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