On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:47 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> refSeqIDsinTransPro = []
> promoterSequencesinTransPro = []
> reader2 = csv.reader(open(sys.argv[2],"rb"))
> reader2_list = []
> reader2_list.extend(reader2)
Without testing, this looks like you're reading the _ENTIRE_
input stream into memory! Try this:
def readCSV(file):
if type(file) == str:
fd = open(file, "rU")
else:
fd = file
sniffer = csv.Sniffer()
dialect = sniffer.sniff(fd.readline())
fd.seek(0)
reader = csv.reader(fd, dialect)
for line in reader:
yield line
for line in readCSV(open("foo.csv", "r")):
...
--JamesMills
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