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in thread Can I speed this up? (repetitively scanning ranges in a large array)

Thanks for the clarification. Back to my drawing board :)

(p.s. in your ASCII art it seems as if MAX=36, not 35, doesn't it?)

No. The last vertical line of '|'s is just a border. Notice that there are no stars in in it.

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