12-15-2024, 01:19 PM
I was wondering if anyone has worked with Virtual Arrays? These are arrays which would reside on your hard drive rather than in ram or your computer memory. From what I recently read about them, they go back to an earlier time, circa 1980's, and were part of the Basic language. The worked along the lines of Files in terms that you would open and close them, use Input or Output and a number. So to declare them it would look something like this:
Dim #1, myArray(5000)
Open "myArray" for Input as #1
As I understand it, the virtual array enjoyed a random access feature and its size was only limited to the size of your hard drive or thumb drive.
And before you say it, I know if anyone responds to this enquiry you may be tipping off your age.
Dim #1, myArray(5000)
Open "myArray" for Input as #1
As I understand it, the virtual array enjoyed a random access feature and its size was only limited to the size of your hard drive or thumb drive.
And before you say it, I know if anyone responds to this enquiry you may be tipping off your age.