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Re: passing bits of an array to an executable a piece at a timeby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Aug 08, 2003 at 12:10 UTC ( [id://282162]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Whether this i sthe best way of doing this is an open question, but to pass your array in 200 element chucks, you could use splice. I'm assuming that select_ids() returns a reference to an array.
This will consume the array. If you need to retain the array then make a copy. If the array is big and copying costs too much memory then you would need to use a slice and a pointer.
You will probably need to add a little logic to the calculation of the upper bound of the slice to prevent "Uninitialised values" warnings unless your array is a multiple of 200. Examine what is said, not who speaks.
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