On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 01:35:05PM +0100, John Edwards wrote:
> open ( FWLOG, "./logfile.010626");
>
> while(<FWLOG>) { # Reads one line at a time into memory
> ...
> }
>
> @data = <FWLOG>; # Reads the whole file into memory
>
> You are replicating the second case, by reading the file a line at a time,
> then splitting into an array, you are creating a massive array which will be
> memory hungry. In fact, by splitting each line, then storing in the array
> you are creating an array with twice as many elements...
I'm not sure where you're getting this idea. The relevant split is:
@fw_logs = split(/;/, $LINE);
Notice that assigns to @fw_logs, it does not append to it. @fw_logs is only
as big as there are fields in each $LINE.
Michael
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