Re: Sort items in a list without OSAXen
Re: Sort items in a list without OSAXen
- Subject: Re: Sort items in a list without OSAXen
- From: Arthur J Knapp <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:19:59 -0400
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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 08:44:00 +1000
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Subject: Re: Sort items in a list without OSAXen
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From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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On 4/9/01 11:57 PM +1000, Arthur J Knapp, email@hidden, wrote:
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> A slight speed improvement for larger lists can be obtained by
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> using AppleScript's pattern setting:
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>>> -- set a to 0 --the lowest possible value in UnsortedList
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>>> -- set b to a
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>>> -- set c to a
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> set {a, b, c} to {0, 0, 0}
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Isn't the latter a mirage? I mean, if I send something like it to an app, it
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still sends three events.
You know that I like to make unqualified statements, Shane... ;-)
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And if I run:
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set time1 to the ticks
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repeat 10000 times
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set a to 0
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set b to a
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set c to a
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end repeat
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set time2 to the ticks
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repeat 10000 times
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set {a, b, c} to {0, 0, 0}
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end repeat
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set time3 to the ticks
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{time2 - time1, time3 - time2}
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I get something like {10, 78}.
You're clearly right, Shane, I must be working with out-dated information.
(I'm going to keep quiet for a while...)
Arthur J. Knapp
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