Thanks for all input.. I think I should put all data on a mysql base.. The company will need this for reports and statistics for a year.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > 1- Read the data and put all variables in a list > > 2- Read the data and put all the variables in dictionary? > > the logs is in this format > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > The separation is by byte size like > > xxx three bytes for code x , xxxx bytes for hour, etc.. > > I have two main objectives. > > Show all data to user. > > Analyze the data: like total sum, average,etc.. > > If you want to do all by yourself you can create a list of starting > positions, and you can add None to it, so you can use it to slice a > line with a loop. > You can also create a list of types, so you can cast the string parts > to their correct types, catching the exceptions. You can do it in a > second loop for clarity, or the first one to speed up a bit. > So you can just create a list of data for each input line, a dict may > be unnecessary because the number of fields seems fixed. > > Bye, > bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list