Mag> s=0 Mag> #Takes the longest here Mag> for y in fs: Mag> continue Mag> a=y.split(',') Mag> s=s+1 Mag> dset.resize(s,axis=0) Mag> fs.close()
Mag> f.close() Mag> This works but just takes a VERY long time. Mag> Any way to optimize this? I sort of suspect you're missing something there. Is there nothing between the for loop and the overly indented continue statement? At any rate, try using the csv module to read in your records: import csv reader = csv.reader(fs) ... for s, row in enumerate(reader): dset.resize(s, axis=0) -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ when i wake up with a heart rate below 40, i head right for the espresso machine. -- chaos @ forums.usms.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list