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Well no doubt about it. Temporary variables are going to speed up your program. I have to say that I had to wait longer than expect to complete this routine. Anyway, if you're often pointing to an array, you've definetly got to use temporary values. Check the source code for an example. Note that I've done the test 5 times, but there was only 1 main iteration, cause the For...Next loops where long enough. Also note that in the first test without the temporary variable, I didn't declare the "lngTemp" variable. We didn't use it there, so no extra variable declaration.

Used code:

Code:
Public Sub TestOne()
   Dim I As Long, J As Long
   Dim myArray(1 To 50000) As Long


   For I = 1 To 50000
      For J = I + 1 To 50000
         If myArray(I) = myArray(J) Then
         End If
      Next
   Next
   Erase myArray
End Sub

Public Sub TestTwo()
   Dim I As Long, J As Long
   Dim myArray(1 To 50000) As Long
   Dim lngTmp As Long


   For I = 1 To 50000
      lngTmp = myArray(I)
      For J = I + 1 To 50000
         If lngTmp = myArray(J) Then
         End If
      Next
   Next
   Erase myArray
End Sub