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title: When Two Macros are Faster than One
draft: "false"
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While working on my Database datapack (still WIP), I knew I'd want to find
# Scenario
## Dataset
The data is stored in a storage `#_macro.array`. Array is populated with a total of 500 entries, each having a `id` and `string` fields.
```json
[
{
id: 1,
string: "entry1"
},
...
{
id: 500,
string: "entry500"
}
]
```
## Constraints
The objective is to create an interface that receives a keyword, say `entry500`, and searches the array for an entry where the value of `string` matches the keyword.
# 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)]
```
```vb
'# 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
```
```vb
'# 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
```vb
'# 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
```
```vb
'# two_macro/_searchindex.mcfunction
$data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.index set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace two_macro.index.$(keyword)
```
```vb
'# two_macro/_searcharray.mcfunction
$data modify storage test_namespace:test_namespace temp.result set from storage test_namespace:test_namespace two_macro.array[$(index)]
```