Re^4: How to code this?

Forgive me for my arrogance -- or not -- but I know how to "Manipulate groups of arrays in sequence".

What I was stuck on was How to code this particular set of requirements for

Manipulating groups of arrays in sequence, where the size of the group is variable from iteration to iteration, and new additions to the group have to be treated differently during this iteration, to pre-existing member of the group retained from the previous iteration.

Which I judged to be too long to be used as a node title in full, and even more vague than my chosen title if used without the italicised part.

I felt, and indeed still feel, that your suggestion, along with every other generic description of the problem was likely to encourage even more generic 'instant answers' and title-only based, wordy, prophetic truisms than it actually got, without ever serving the idealogical goal of the searchability of a "Good Title".

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^5: How to code this? by jffry (Hermit) on Nov 20, 2011 at 18:55 UTC
Forgive the editor in me (or not). How to manipulate groups of arrays && size of group varies between iterations && new members treated differently && some previous members retained. Its a simplism sure, but it sure gives a strong hint to future searchers looking at a list of thread titles.	[reply]
Re^6: How to code this? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 20, 2011 at 19:35 UTC
Too long and too generic. No searcher will ever search for that exactly, but it will match so many other partial searches as to be entirely useless for the purpose of selection. QED.	[reply]
Re^6: How to code this? by jffry (Hermit) on Nov 21, 2011 at 21:38 UTC
Thanks to my comments, your thread is now reasonably findable. QED, indeed.	[reply]
Re^7: How to code this? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 21, 2011 at 22:00 UTC
I fear you miss the point. It's not finding the thread that is the problem. It is having it turn up for any search regarding 'groups' or 'manipulation' or 'iteration' or 'arrays' or ... It will now turn up on so many searches for unrelated subjects that you made searching less effective rather than more. It is very doubtful if anyone else will come looking to solve the same problem I had -- it is pretty unique -- but if they should, the chances are they won't know how to describe it well either and even less likely that they come up with a sufficiently similar description to you to pick that thread out. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]