Hi, thank you making a suggestion. Correct me if I'm wrong but if i turn array into string what i am basically doing is creating a character array (1 byte per character ) boolean & will then rewrite my two arrays into one consensus array which means number of computational steps that equal to the size of the smaller array(best case). but shouldn't that be slower then doing: the number of random access array checkups that equal to the total number of 1's in y array (which is ca. 500 times smaller then the size of smaller array (between the two)). It would definitely reduce my memory but don't see how would this increase speed. Basically what you are suggesting is equal to converting my arrays into bit-arrays and then computing the intersect. And i truly don't see why would this be faster. could someone maybe discuss this approach with me a bit further before i start creating bit/character arrays.

Thank you so much for engaging the conversation (++)

In reply to Re^2: Comparing two arrays by baxy77bax
in thread Comparing two arrays by baxy77bax

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