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List Chunks Sample
COMMENT
‎Sample on how to break down a large list into smaller chunks - @supermamon for: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/gd42iy/iterating_over_a_large_list_is_extremely_slow/
COMMENT
‎ create a random list
MATHS
‎Random number between ‎10 ‎and ‎120
SCRIPTING
‎Repeat ‎Random Number
TEXT
‎Item ‎Repeat Index
VARIABLES
‎Add ‎Text ‎to ‎list
SCRIPTING
‎End Repeat
COMMENT
‎ make smaller chunks
COMMENT
‎ set the maximum number of items to process in a batch
NUMBER
‎25
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎threshold ‎to ‎Number
COMMENT
‎ calculate the number of batches needed to process the whole list
SCRIPTING
‎Count ‎Items ‎in ‎list
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎list_size ‎to ‎ItemCount
MATHS
‎list_size ‎… ‎Number
‎Options Under Construction
MATHS
‎list_size ‎- ‎remainder
‎Options Under Construction
MATHS
‎Calculation Result ‎÷ ‎threshold
‎Options Under Construction
MATHS
‎Calculation Result ‎+ ‎1
‎Options Under Construction
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎iterations ‎to ‎Calculation Result
COMMENT
‎ start processing
NUMBER
‎1
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎start ‎to ‎Number
SCRIPTING
‎Repeat ‎iterations
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎batch_number ‎to ‎Repeat Index
COMMENT
‎find out which section of the list to process. this will result into the `start` and `end` variables
MATHS
‎start ‎+ ‎threshold
‎Options Under Construction
MATHS
‎Calculation Result ‎- ‎1
‎Options Under Construction
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎end ‎to ‎Calculation Result
SCRIPTING
‎If ‎end ‎is greater than ‎list_size
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎end ‎to ‎list_size
SCRIPTING
‎End If
COMMENT
‎ get the portion of the list and process them
SCRIPTING
‎Get ‎Items in Range ‎start ‎to ‎end ‎from ‎list
SCRIPTING
‎Repeat with each item in ‎Item from List
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎current_item ‎to ‎Repeat Item 2
COMMENT
‎Do what you need to do with the current_item here
TEXT
‎Batch ‎Repeat Index 2 ‎ # In Batch: ‎current_item ‎ Item: ‎batch_number
VARIABLES
‎Add ‎Text ‎to ‎results
SCRIPTING
‎End Repeat
COMMENT
‎ move on to the next batch by adjusting the start index to the next number
MATHS
‎end ‎+ ‎1
‎Options Under Construction
VARIABLES
‎Set variable ‎start ‎to ‎Calculation Result
SCRIPTING
‎End Repeat
TEXT
‎Combine ‎results ‎with ‎New Lines
TEXT
‎List Size: ‎threshold ‎ Threshold: ‎list_size ‎ Iterations: ‎Combined Text ‎ ‎iterations

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