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speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79749 18/04/04 03:48 AM
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OP twigboy Babel fish T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 98 Sydney, Australia	which one is the fastest? i know i could set up tests for them, but i just need a quick answer thanks http://www.thatawesomeshirt.com and http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com =)

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79750 18/04/04 02:04 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 111 Z Zeusbwr Vogon poet
Zeusbwr Vogon poet Z Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 111	good question, im intrested too , my guess is local var's would be fastest. but thats completely a guess.

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79751 18/04/04 02:08 PM
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OP twigboy Babel fish T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 98 Sydney, Australia	ive been messing around with hash tables a bit and theyre pretty fast! im just not sure if the functions i write to check their status/read/write to them are slowing them down with local/global variables http://www.thatawesomeshirt.com and http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com =)

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79752 23/04/04 09:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342 M MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan
MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342	Global (/set) varaibles are the fastest when it comes to a small amount of data. Then I assume local varaibles followed by hash tables. But if your working with a list of items or a lot of data that's stored in multiple places, then hash tables would be the prefered choice. Really speed shouldn't be that much of an issue. It doesn't matter what fastest, just as long as the code is neat, clean, and functions. Beware of MeStinkBAD! He knows more than he actually does!

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79753 24/04/04 12:15 AM
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OP twigboy Babel fish T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 98 Sydney, Australia	nar i NEED efficiency im reading portions from a massive apache access log file, and it takes about 5 minutes to read and format the whole thing so my connection times out and i get disconnected http://www.thatawesomeshirt.com and http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com =)

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79754 24/04/04 06:04 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342 M MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan
MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342	Well if it takes five minutes to parse the entire file, it really doesn't matter what you use... you won't cut down on the time needed to process. What you'll have to do is come up with a new approach.. I suggest these tips.. - Use /fopen, /fseek, and $fread for reading the file. This is probably pretty obvious but you never know... - Try using regular expressions with /fseek. - Use a timer to increment your way thru the file... I parse a 2 meg XML file with 1500 entries eacb with ten values on average in just a few seconds with these techniques. It's much faster than that lame mIRC XML dll someone pointed me too. The important thing is to prioritize what you want to get done imeadiatly and what can wait... Of course perhaps in your case you should try something else other than mIRC... Beware of MeStinkBAD! He knows more than he actually does!

Re: speed: hash tables vs /set %var vs local %var #79755 25/04/04 02:08 AM
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OP twigboy Babel fish T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 98 Sydney, Australia	hey cool i never knew there were these functions thanks! http://www.thatawesomeshirt.com and http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com =)

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