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Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range.

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From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range.
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Evertjan. wrote:

> jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote on 07 apr 2015 in comp.lang.javascript:
>> Well i do not even worry about the multiplications divisions
>> subtractions and additions. Because it is already implemented i worry
>> about the comparissons, because there is no straightforward way to make
>> them bignum.

Q.E.D.

> How come?
> 
> Integer comparison [1 's'] is just substraction
> followed by testing for zero, positive or negative.

I would simply pad the shorter number with zeroes on the left and compare 
the strings instead.  After all, "0" < "9" < "A" < "Z".

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Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-07 02:43 -0700
  Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-07 13:07 +0200
    Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-07 04:38 -0700
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      Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-07 14:49 +0200
  Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-07 13:27 +0100
    Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-07 06:04 -0700
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                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-07 20:58 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-07 22:19 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-08 00:14 -0700
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-08 10:55 +0200
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                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 15:20 +0200
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                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 16:17 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-09 07:22 -0700
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 16:44 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-09 07:57 -0700
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-04-09 08:05 -0700
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-09 17:04 +0100
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-09 16:14 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 16:34 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-09 17:39 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-04-09 18:04 +0200
                Re: Best search algorithm to find a condition within a range. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-04-09 18:26 +0200
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