>>>I am using ADIR to get a specific number of files from a directory based on a criteria. So, ADIR(laFile,gcFat+'thread\*.*') will create an array and I can now use ALEN(laFile,1) to get the file count. However, on big directory this is causing a big array to be created just to get the number of files. How can I optimize that?
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>>lnFiles=adir(laFile,gcFat+'thread\*.*'), e.g. adir returns number of files.
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>>Too bad, you don't have Help installed...
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>Yes, based on that code, it could be optimized this way. However, the problem is with the creation of the array. I'll try Larry's suggestion.

You may try this Forum: Visual FoxPro Category: Coding, syntax & commands Title: Re: ADIR optimization Thread #542818 Message #542840
solution as well and compare, what's faster...