Browsing text ; Python the right tool?

2005-01-25 Thread Paul Kooistra
I need a tool to browse text files with a size of 10-20 Mb. These files have a fixed record length of 800 bytes (CR/LF), and containt records used to create printed pages by an external company. Each line (record) contains an 2-character identifier, like 'A0' or 'C1'. The identifier identifies the

Re: Browsing text ; Python the right tool?

2005-01-31 Thread Paul Kooistra
Sorry to reply this late guys - I cannot access news from Work, and Google Groups cannot reply to a message so I had to do it at home. Let me address a few of the remarks and questions you guys asked: First of all, the example I gave was just that - an example. Yes, I know Python starts with 0,