Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!neoucom!sam From: sam@neoucom.UUCP (Scott A. Mason) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Hashing.... Message-ID: <1731@neoucom.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 12:05:33 GMT References: <4345@internal.Apple.COM> <1728@neoucom.UUCP> <9690@chinet.chi.il.us> Reply-To: sam@neoucom.UUCP (Scott A. Mason) Distribution: na Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 16 In article <9690@chinet.chi.il.us> henry@chinet.chi.il.us (Henry C. Schmitt) writes: >I don't mean to be rude but "Ack! Thpppt!" Creeping along looking >for the first character is just about the worst way to find a >string! (It does, however have the advantage of being simple!) Well, Excuuuuuuse Me! I only offered A solution to the query, stating that it was not a very pretty routine, but it worked and was easy to understand. (It also took a very short time to write) Maybe next time I'll think twice about posting something that works, and post a fancy algorithm that I haven't tested (or coded in a real language). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," and certainly don't blame me. UUCP: {pitt,scooter,hal,cwjcc,aablue}!neoucom!sam INTERNET: sam@neoucom.UUCP Scott A. Mason, Coordinator of Systems Operations, NEOUCOM