# Run Faster?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 9, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941 "2004-07-09T00:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jerez\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jerez\_z](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jerez_z)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/1 "2004-07-09T00:11:43Z")

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Which do you think would run faster, 2 loops running 10 times, or 10 loops running 2 times?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/2 "2004-07-09T00:59:11Z")

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test it out?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/3 "2004-07-09T01:42:34Z")

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how am I supposed to do that?

cause its really just a test of how to do collision tests between a number of movieclips…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/4 "2004-07-09T04:48:32Z")

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2 loops looping 10 times each would run faster than 10 loops looping 2 times each (assuming initialization and reference take the same time in both situation) because it actually it actually check its 1 time before exitting… so to sum up 2 loops looping 10 times has 22 if statements and 10 loops looping twice has 30 if statements

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/5 "2004-07-09T04:49:37Z")

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sweet thanx

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/6 "2004-07-09T08:13:33Z")

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> [@jerez\_z](#):
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> how am I supposed to do that?
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> cause its really just a test of how to do collision tests between a number of movieclips…

```auto
var startTime = getTimer () ;
// do your processing
trace ( "Elapsed time: " + (getTimer () - startTime) ) ;

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/run-faster/56941/7 "2004-07-09T17:16:35Z")

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thats smart I’ll try it thanx