From 008e8a4ef210405f0b20694716066ef62fc8fbe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: themodernhakr <ehrumsey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:04:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-03-24 23:04:56

---
 .obsidian/workspace.json                        |  6 +++---
 .../When Two Macros are Faster than One.md      | 17 ++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.obsidian/workspace.json b/.obsidian/workspace.json
index 19e3320..632a0ae 100644
--- a/.obsidian/workspace.json
+++ b/.obsidian/workspace.json
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
             "state": {
               "type": "markdown",
               "state": {
-                "file": "Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md",
+                "file": "Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster Than One.md",
                 "mode": "source",
                 "source": false
               },
               "icon": "lucide-file",
-              "title": "When Two Macros are Faster than One"
+              "title": "When Two Macros are Faster Than One"
             }
           }
         ]
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
   "lastOpenFiles": [
     "Minecraft Server Administration/Tips for Minecraft Server Administration.md",
     "Minecraft Server Administration/index.md",
-    "Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md",
+    "Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster Than One.md",
     "Minecraft Datapacking/Arrays",
     "Minecraft Datapacking",
     "index.md",
diff --git a/Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md b/Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md
index a5c8196..9759ec0 100644
--- a/Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md	
+++ b/Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md	
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
-title: When Two Macros are Faster than One
+title: when two macros are faster than one
 draft: "false"
 ---
 While working on my Database datapack (still WIP), I knew I'd want to find 
 
-# Scenario
-## Dataset
+# scenario
+## dataset
 The data is stored in a storage `#_macro.array`. Array is populated with a total of 500 entries, each having `id` and `string` fields.
 ```json
 [
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ The data is stored in a storage `#_macro.array`. Array is populated with a total
 	}
 ]
 ```
-## Constraints
-The objective is to create an interface that receives a keyword, say `entry500`, and searches `#_macro.array` for an entry where the value of `string` matches the keyword. The keyword 
+## constraints
+The objective is to create an interface that receives a keyword, say `entry500`, and searches `#_macro.array` for an entry where the value of `string` matches the keyword.
+
+The keyword must be able to be entered by a player at runtime, and `#_macro.array` can have an arbitrary number of custom entries created by a player.
 
 In TypeScript, it would look something like this:
 ```ts
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ function searchArray(keyword: string) {
 
 searchArray('entry500')
 ```
-# One Macro
+In mcfunction, this is not so easy. We *could* use macros
+# one macro
 Macros allow us to reach into our array and pick out an entry that matching value in the `string` property.
 ```vb
 ... one_macro.array[string:$(keyword)]
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result
 
 $data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace one_macro.array[string:$(keyword)]
 ```
-# Two Macro
+# two macro
 ```vb
 '# two_macro/run.mcfunction