2009/1/30 Diez B. Roggisch <de...@nospam.web.de>: > No. Because nobody can automagically infer whatever structure your files > have.
Just so. But even without going to a full database solution it might be possible to make use of the flat file structure. For example, does the "LF01" have to appear at a specific position in the input line? If so, there's no need to search for it in the complete line. *If* there is any such structure then a compiled regexp search is likely to be faster than just 'if "LF01" in line', and (provided it's properly designed) provides a bit of extra insurance against false positives. -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
