setLineNumber should not skip lines (at least officially - see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/LineNumberReader.html).
If every line is of fixed size, in Java you could use a RandomAccessFile. On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 3:30 AM, tommy c <wheels...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a huge file(>900MB) that I would like to read/process in > chunks. > > In clojure, i can grab the first n lines nicely: > (with-open [r (reader "FILE")] (str-join ", " (take n (line-seq r)))) > > How can i grab the first n lines starting from an line offset? ex, > grab lines 5 to 10 rather than just the first 5. > > I can do this in java using traditional java way by using > LineNumberReader's setLineNumber(int lineNumber) but i'm not sure how > to interweave this in with clojure's file sequence operations. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
