Performance concern over text and dict lookups?

Hi everyone,

have always been wondering, is it wise to be using dictionary lookups like "has key" or string "find" operations inside arrays for actions that are meant to be responsive and go over many ticks, like firing a weapon?

E.g. I keep track of weapon upgrades in a concatenated string inside an array, since there can be an indefinite amount theoretically.

But I'm wondering if parsing that string in an array is performant?

Answer your own performance questions with measurements

I would guess in this case you will struggle to measure any difference at all, because it's not important to performance.

Thanks guys.

Informative posts, Ashley, if slightly condescending ;) Good to hear of those relations, eases my concerns at least.