Replacing Characters

[JB]

Hi Dick,

That is really nice!  Thank you.
It works great.

John Balgenorth


On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:49 AM, Dick Kriesel <dick.kriesel at mail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 27, 2014, at 12:23 AM, JB <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
>> But there might be a faster way.
> 
> Hi, John.
> 
> Here's a way that works in under a millisecond on my iMac, and a way to test its speed.
> 
> command replace_maybe @rString
>    repeat with i = 3 to length( rString ) step 3
>        if char i of rString is "D" then
>            put "+" into char i of rString
>        end if
>    end repeat
> end replace_maybe
> 
> on mouseUp
>    local tString, tMilliseconds
>    repeat 1000 -- strings
>        put empty into tString
>        repeat 10000 -- characters
>            put any char of "abcdef" after tString
>        end repeat
>        subtract the long milliseconds from tMilliseconds
>        replace_maybe tString
>        add the long milliseconds to tMilliseconds
>    end repeat
>   answer "milliseconds per string:" && tMilliseconds / 1000
> end mouseUp
> 
> How's that, John?
> 
> -- Dick
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