Hi all! I have text file (english-croatian dictionary) with words in it in alphabetical order. This file contains 179999 words in this format: english word: croatian word
I want to make instant search for my gui Instant search, i mean that my program search words and show words to user as user type letters. yes, it needs to be fast Can someone give me some points (approaches) how to make this Should i make indexes and go with file.seek or should breake dictionary in peaces and put words that start with a in one and with b in another... ????? So if i have this words absinth:pelin absinthe:pelin absolute:apsolutan absolute:apsolutni kod absolute:apsolutno absolute:čist absolute:nesumnjiv absolute:potpun absolute:savršen absolute coordinates:apsolutne koordinate absolute frequency:apsolutna učestalost absolute gap:apsolutni jaz absolute line spacing:apsolutni međurazmak linija absolute majority:apsolutna većina absolute pointing device:apsolutni pokazivački uređaj absolute quantity:apsolutni udio absolute value:apsolutna vrijednost absolute zero:apsolutna nula absolutely:apsolutno absolutely:bezuvjetno absolutely:nezavisno absolutely:potpuno absolutely:samostalno absolutely:sasvim absolution:odrješenje absolution:oproštaj absolutism:apsolutizam absolve:odriješiti absolve:osloboditi absorb:absorbirati absorb:apsorbirati absorb:crpsti if user type: "abs" program should list all words above in english and in croatian if user type: "absorb" than program should list last 3 words in english and in croatian any help would be appreciate! my apologies for bad english -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
