This is the sort of thing I wrote bufsock for. Don't let the name fool you - although I originally wrote it for sockets, it's since been extended to work with files and file handles.
http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~dstromberg/bufsock.html It was recently modified to work on 2.x and 3.x. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:03 PM, goldtech <goldt...@worldpost.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Say I have a very big string with a pattern like: > > akakksssk3dhdhdhdbddb3dkdkdkddk3dmdmdmd3dkdkdkdk3asnsn..... > > I want to split the sting into separate parts on the "3" and process > each part separately. I might run into memory limitations if I use > "split" and get a big array(?) I wondered if there's a way I could > read (stream?) the string from start to finish and read what's > delimited by the "3" into a variable, process the smaller string > variable then append/build a new string with the processed data? > > Would I loop it and read it char by char till a "3"...? Or? > > Thanks. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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