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Re: Unique array of arrays - how can I do this? [message #181311 is a reply to message #181308] Sat, 04 May 2013 12:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On 04/05/13 12:51, thomas(dot)lehmann(dot)private(at)googlemail(dot)com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While calculation I get a solution as an array of integers.
> There're many solutions and I would like to keep them in an array.
>
> Because of the algorithm there are different paths to get to
> the same solution but I want to have it once only.
>
> I know that I can use array_unique but that's too slow
> when called too often. I can't wait until end of calculation
> because then I run into memory problems.
>
> So I need an efficient way to add elements once only to
> an array while calculation with an array as element.
>
> How can I do this?
1/ write in in a proper language like C
2/. use a database to store stuff in which has fast algortihms for
dealing with matrix type stuff.

because it sounds like that's what you have - a 2D matrix of integers
you could produce e.g a row hash and index that which would make it fast
to check if you have a POSSIBLE match, and then sort through any
possibles to see if they are exactmatches.

depending on the size though,I'd be tempted to make it a C coded RAM
based thing.
preferably using statically allocated memory if you know a maximum size,
to avoid pointer indirection stuff.

If its huge, I'd use a database and a hash table.


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