in reply to Date Ranges Question

Okay... If you don't have it in a DB, store the dates ordered in an array and make a binary search for the correct date. That way you don't have O(n) but just O(log2(n))

Use the date as a hash key for finding the other data.

s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{})*;#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(|?*{%
+.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e

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