arrays

[seph]

Having it inside the loop slows it down a little. What he's saying is it's better to have to outside the loop...

...because you're just doing the same equation 6 times, when it only needs to be done once. If it was

Code:

FOR i = 1 TO 6
num(i) = i
PRINT num(i)
NEXT

then that would be fine, because you're changing 6 different variables to 6 different values. Even if it was just

Code:

num(4) = i

or

Code:

num(i) = 3

I'd still say it's okay to do, because at least one value in the equation is the variable that's changing 6 times. But

Code:

num(2) = 3

is just plain bad to put *inside* a loop, because it only needs to be done once (because nothing in the equation is changing).

[potato]

pretend you're the teacher and QB is the student. the student'd be pissed if you made him do the same damn thing six times.

[oracle]

pretend you're the teacher and QB is the student. the student'd be pissed if you made him do the same damn thing six times.

:lol: Very good analogy