isuckatcode-pages/Minecraft Datapacking/When Two Macros are Faster than One.md

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title: When Two Macros are Faster than One
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While working on my Database datapack (still WIP), I knew I'd want to find 

# One Macro
Macros allow us to reach into our array and pick out an entry that matching value in the `string` property.
```ts
... one_macro.array[string:$(keyword)]
```

```ts
// one_macro/run.mcfunction

data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.keyword set value 'entry500'

function test_namespace:one_macro/_searcharray with storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp

data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.keyword
data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result
```

```ts
// one_macro/_searcharray.mcfunction

$data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace one_macro.array[string:$(keyword)]
```
# Two Macro
```ts
// two_macro/run.mcfunction

data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.keyword set value 'entry500'

function test_namespace:two_macro/_searchindex with storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp

function test_namespace:two_macro/_searcharray with storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp

data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.keyword
data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.index
data remove storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result
```

```ts
// two_macro/_searchindex.mcfunction

$data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.index set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace two_macro.index.$(keyword)
```

```ts
// two_macro/_searcharray.mcfunction

$data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace two_macro.array[$(index)]
```