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Ah so. Well in that cast, no doubt the fastest way to clear the array
is to call memset() since it's probably optimized asm code, as said
earlier in this thread.

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "kernels_nz" <kernels@...> wrote:
>
> In this application, the arrays represent individual LEDS on the led
> nameboard. These run as 8 * 8 modules from 4 * 16 bit Constant current
> shift registers. Similar to 74HC494, but with Constant Current Drivers.
> 
> I need to clear the arrays everytime I change the display, I found it
> faster clearing the arrays then just incrementing the indexes that
> have LEDS that are to be on. I I were to assign either a 1 or 0 to
> each one instead of just incrementing the ones that are on, it would
> take longer than just clearing the arrays to start off with.
> 
> Hope that explains it a bit, from the different methods I tried, the
> one where I clear the arrays first seems to compile to the smallest
size. 
> 
> I was really just looking for a faster way to do this, I figured
> someone may have come across a clever way using pointers.
> 
> Thanks for all the replies !
> 
> Cheers
> Hein B
> Auckland, New Zealand
>