Re: A question: Is 200,000 element array worth sorting and search?

On May 5, 9:58=A0am, "rio" <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "CBFalconer" <cbfalco...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ha scritto nel
messaggionews:481E5A93.=
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> =A0 for (i =3D 0; i <=3D 200000; i++) {
> > =A0 =A0 =A0if (a[i] =3D=3D item) break;
> > =A0 }
> > =A0 if ((i <=3D 200000) && (a[i] =3D=3D item)) return i;
> > =A0 else =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/* failure */ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0return
-1;
>
> why not
>
> =A0 =A0if(a) for (i =3D 0; =A0i<=3D200000; ++i)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 {if (a[i] =3D=3D item) =A0return
=
=A0 i;}
> =A0 =A0else =A0return =A0 -1;

Don't you think:
   for (i =3D 0;  i<200000; ++i)
if the condition i<=3D200000, the array will overflow.