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Alastair Downie
402 PointsMaximum number of items in Array/Dictionary?
I'm wondering if an array or dictionary would be the correct way to store data in a 'ticklist' which could contain up to 500 items. Is there a maximum number of items that arrays or dictionaries can efficiently use? Thanks for any advice!
2 Answers
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsWelcome to Treehouse, Alastair Downie !
The perfect answer can only be "it depends" but IMHO a max of 500 items should be totally ok in most cases if the size of each item isn't too big :)
...also (as always) you might want to have a close look at memory usage at runtime as different iOS devices are equipped with different amounts of RAM
...and if it's getting bigger you might want to think about the usage of e. g. Core Data --> Build a Diary App Using Core Data
Alastair Downie
402 PointsThank you Holger! That's given me sufficient confidence to go ahead and start experimenting...
Cheers,
Al