Re: lookups or math?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15958
interpreted = N
texte = >If I have to do the same lookup a bunch of times on the same page -- in order to use the results in a bunch of separate showif contexts, is it faster to simply use that lookup in every showif comparison where it's needed on the page ... > >... or would it be better to do the lookup just once at the top of the page and set a math variable with that lookup, and then use [math]variable[/math] inside the showifs on the rest of the page?It's usually faster to use the [math] technique, as long as your variable is numeric.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: lookups or math? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. Re: lookups or math? (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  3. lookups or math? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
>If I have to do the same lookup a bunch of times on the same page -- in order to use the results in a bunch of separate showif contexts, is it faster to simply use that lookup in every showif comparison where it's needed on the page ... > >... or would it be better to do the lookup just once at the top of the page and set a math variable with that lookup, and then use [math]variable[/math] inside the showifs on the rest of the page?It's usually faster to use the [math] technique, as long as your variable is numeric.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Grant Hulbert

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