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hmmmm

Posted by Chin Loong on October 26, 2001 at 4:27 AM

>The best way to go through all the items in a List (or Vector), >is with an Iterator (see example, below); it is easy to use and >will probably have much better performance than your own for->loop that accesses each item.

iterator's even faster than accesing arraylist items directly? wouldn't the creation of new iterators to go through arraylist items compromise the program clarity/maintainability/performance by creating new objects (iterators) and addition of more codes (lines of code :p)? wouldn't it be simpler to just use a for-loop to check the list's each items? matt.. i'm a bit confused.. mind explaining why do u think using iterator's better? : )

don't misunderstand, matt.. i'm not being sarcastic here (i have a bad reputation beginning yesterday, so i gotta watch out :p). i do believe u have your reasons for that statement.. mind sharing it with us?

• Reiterating on Iterators Matt Gerrans October 26, 2001 at 4:31 PM (5)
  • oooo ~ Chin Loong October 26, 2001 at 7:41 PM (4)
    • Confused.... Hiran October 28, 2001 at 4:41 PM (3)
      • *only* the conclusion (somebody else do the explanation pls :p) Chin Loong October 28, 2001 at 10:03 PM (2)
        • Another Iterateration on Lists Matt Gerrans October 29, 2001 at 3:09 PM (1)
          • Thnx! Hiran October 30, 2001 at 11:18 AM (0)