Divide Large Data Blob?

[Rick Harrison]

Hi Ralph,

I was looking at filter.  It might help me to
cut down on the amount of data to search,
but I would still have to throw out the
first 1/3 of the data.  Perhaps filtering
first and then processing what’s left
by line number wouldn’t be too slow.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Rick

> On May 16, 2022, at 4:01 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> If the needed OR unneeded lines have something in common then the filter command is your friend. Filter is blazingly fast.
> 
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison via use-livecode
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 1:46 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Rick Harrison
> Subject: Divide Large Data Blob?
> 
> I have a large chunk of data that I want to search as quickly as possible.  
> 
> Unfortunately the part I want to search is the middle third of the data.  The other thirds at the beginning and at the end are just junk and slow down my search so I want to get rid of them.
> 
> I don’t want to search line by line as that takes way too long.
> 
> There’s no unique character dividing any of these data regions.
> 
> What’s the best way to do this?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
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