(defn read-records
  "Read the data from the given reader as a list of strings, where
each string is made up of multiple lines, separated by // on it's own
line."
  [reader]
  (->> (line-seq reader)
       (partition-by #{["//"]})
       (filter (comp not #{["//"]}))
       (map (partial apply str))))

-Walter

On Thursday, June 21, 2012 3:25:21 PM UTC-4, Joseph Guhlin wrote:
>
> I have a 2.5GB file, and will have other files, where the records are 
> mutli-line (variable length) and are separated by // on a line by itself. 
> What is the best way to read the record into a sequence of strings for 
> parsing, and act on that record, and read the next record? It'd be great if 
> it was lazy, as it's 2.5GB and there will be other / larger files in the 
> future.
>
> I have it reading the file just fine if there is only one entry, it was 
> nice and easy as well as fast and concise, so I'd love to be able to do the 
> entire thing in clojure if possible.
>
> Thanks,
> --Joseph
>

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