On 24/02/12 05:11, Elaina Ann Hyde wrote:
Ok, if I use awk I seperate the file into an edible 240MB chunk,
Why awk? Python is nearly always faster than awk... Even nawk or gawk. awk is a great language but I rarely use it nowadays other than for one liners because perl/python/ruby are all generally faster for non trivial tasks. split OTOH should be faster still for chunking a file. But by keeping the chunking as part of your program you don't have the switching time between apps. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
