getProp syntax query

[Mark Talluto]

On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> ...Mark came through on his end of the bargain wonderfully, providing a sample function that worked on the first level of array keys, which was enough for me to expand it to be able extract the data from any key regardless of depth.
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> The article explaining it all is in progress now and close to done.  I expect to be able to post it to LiveCode Journal by Saturday.
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> Here's a tantalizing tidbit to whet your appetite:
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> The sample stack I wrote for this creates a three-dimensional array with 100 items in each dimension, resulting in an arrayEncoded file with 1 million elements that's about 20 MBs on disk.
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> The function I made from Mark's example code can extract the data from any element in that file in about 3 to 5 milliseconds.
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> Hint:  the function makes heavy use of the binaryDecode function and the seek command, both of which are explained in depth in the article and which you may find very valuable for a wide variety of uses.  The seek command is a god for rapidly traversing large files easily.
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> I look forward to sharing this with you ASAP -


Cool stuff.  Can't wait to read your article. 


Best regards,

Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com