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Re: Speed of Delete - improvement

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From: Dr John Stockton
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 00:00
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In article <TrAYxDAyBpc0Ew48@pedt.demon.co.uk> of Wed, 19 Nov 1997
07:08:34 in comp.lang.pascal.borland, Pedt Scragg
<postmaster@pedt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
In article <Mj9fjAAGehc0EwaJ@pedt.demon.co.uk>, Pedt Scragg
<postmaster@pedt.demon.co.uk> writes
>How about:
>
>PROCEDURE remove(VAR s : String; index, count : byte);
                                                 ^^^^
>Ahem, that should have been word.
                             ^^^^
 Ahem, that should have been integer.

I've now checked the codes from Pedt and Mike; they agree with
Sys.Delete for sensible inputs, though not always otherwise.

Much modified test program, including all codes, in
        http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/del_timr.pas
 
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From: Dr John Stockton <jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Speed of Delete - improvement
Date: 1997/11/19
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