What is the best algorithm for this array-comparison problem?

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Published on 2010-05-05T18:26:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 1:58 UTC
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What is the most efficient for speed algorithm to solve the following problem?

Given 6 arrays, D1,D2,D3,D4,D5 and D6 each containing 6 numbers like:

D1[0] = number              D2[0] = number      ......       D6[0] = number
D1[1] = another number      D2[1] = another number           ....
.....                       ....                ......       ....
D1[5] = yet another number  ....                ......       ....

Given a second array ST1, containing 1 number:

ST1[0] = 6

Given a third array ans, containing 6 numbers:

ans[0] = 3, ans[1] = 4, ans[2] = 5, ......ans[5] = 8

Using as index for the arrays D1,D2,D3,D4,D5 and D6, the number that goes from 0, to the number stored in ST1[0] minus one, in this example 6, so from 0 to 6-1, compare each res array against each D array

My algorithm so far is:
I tried to keep everything unlooped as much as possible.

EML  := ST1[0]   //number contained in ST1[0]   
EML1 := 0        //start index for the arrays D 

While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[0] 
     goto two

   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0     //If the ans[0] number is not found in either D1[0-6], D2[0-6].... D6[0-6] return 0 which will then exclude ans[0-6] numbers


two:

EML1 := 0      start index for arrays Ds 
While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[1] 
     goto three
   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0    //If the ans[1] number is not found in either D1[0-6], D2[0-6]....  D6[0-6]  return 0 which will then exclude ans[0-6] numbers

three:

EML1 := 0      start index for arrays Ds 

While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[2] 
     goto four
   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0   //If the ans[2] number is not found in either D1[0-6], D2[0-6]....  D6[0-6]  return 0 which will then exclude ans[0-6] numbers

four:

EML1 := 0      start index for arrays Ds 

While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[3] 
     goto five
   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0 //If the ans[3] number is not found in either D1[0-6], D2[0-6]....  D6[0-6]  return 0 which will then exclude ans[0-6] numbers


five:

EML1 := 0      start index for arrays Ds 

While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[4] 
     goto six
   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0  //If the ans[4] number is not found in either D1[0-6], D2[0-6]....  D6[0-6]  return 0 which will then exclude ans[0-6] numbers

six:

EML1 := 0      start index for arrays Ds 

While EML1 < EML
   if D1[ELM1] = ans[5] 
     return 1            ////If the ans[1] number is not found in either D1[0-6].....  
   if D2[ELM1] = ans[5]      return 1 which will then include ans[0-6] numbers
     return 1
   if D3[ELM1] = ans[5] 
     return 1
   if D4[ELM1] = ans[5] 
     return 1
   if D5[ELM1] = ans[5] 
     return 1
   if D6[ELM1] = ans[5] 
     return 1
   ELM1 = ELM1 + 1

return 0 

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