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Re: What is a class?

From	ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net>
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Subject	Re: What is a class?
Date	2012-02-28 09:19 -0600
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:37:22 -0500, GS <gs@somewhere.net> wrote:

>Schmidt expressed precisely :
>> Am 28.02.2012 05:26, schrieb GS:
>>> Ok, Olaf!
>>> I fixed my Option1/3 so it now returns identical to your function in all
>>> 4 cases. I simply reverted back to using vResult() for building
>>> vaDataOut().
>>>
>>> It's still much slower than your function and so I'm really hoping your
>>> cSortedDictionary can be used separately from dhRichClient!<bg><g><rbg>
>>>
>> Do you mean, in "pure code" or as a standalone-Dll?
>>
>> As already mentioned - in pure code (for easier, dependency-free
>> usage in a VBA-class) it would surely be slower than the
>> VB.Collection (it needs to be compiled to native code to be fast).
>>
>> About providing the cSortedDictionary in a standalone-Dll we
>> could talk - but there already *is* one (though a bit older)
>> version of the cSortedDictionary, downloadable here:
>>    http://www.datenhaus.de/Downloads/dhSortedDictionary.zip
>> which can be used as a direct replacement for the
>> Class in the RichClient (no need to change any code
>> in the comparison-routine - running at the same (if not
>> a bit better) performance then.
>>
>>
>> Olaf
>
>Thanks, Olaf! I can live with the speed of my function 'as is', but for 
>larger amounts of data it would be nice to use your code with a DLL. 
>The wrench in the works is that this will commonly be used with VBA, 
>and so is why I went with a Collection. If I had a DLL then I could 
>carry it around on a memstick and use it wherever. Of course, on my 
>main machine I have dhRichClient and so no need for a separate DLL. 
>It's unfortunate that VBA requires external COMs be registered!
>
>BTW, I changed my counting strategy from 'found matches' to 'items 
>returned' and it now matches your in every way except speed. Hands 
>down, yours is 2-3 times faster.
>
>Thanks so much for your time and effort! Very appreciated...

Probably not as fast as Olaf's, but consider that the Scripting
Library Dictionary is usually much faster than the VB/VBA Collection.

-ralph

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              Re: What is a class? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2012-02-27 16:33 +0000
                Re: What is a class? Jim Mack <no-uce-ube@mdxi.com> - 2012-02-27 13:33 -0500
                Re: What is a class? Peter Nolan <peter.nolan40@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 04:07 -0800
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