repeat with i=

[James Hurley]

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> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:06:01 -0500
> From: Ronald Zellner <zellner at tamu.edu>
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: repeat with i=
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> Jim's seems to be the most efficient and accurate,

Ron,

Have you compared replacing one array element with another? I believe it is much more efficient than deleting an item in a list.

The engine has to do a lot of work to delete an item from a list. The whole list has to be reconstructed.

Check out "Random Pick" in RevOnline.

Jim Hurley

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