Oh, and that repeat will take a very long time. Fixing that might be better than the other solution.
Use repeat for each line this_line of unicode_file_to_parse and don't forget to clear unicode_file_to_parse after the repeat if it is not handler local > On Aug 10, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Tom Glod via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Dar, thanks for the tips. However I am loading the file locally. > > The file is 48mb, so it loads fine and fits fine. > > I am attempting to parse just 1 line at a time, but it still doesn't work. > > This is my code and even this freezes it. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > local number_of_lines > local this_line > global TempArray > > put the number of lines in unicode_file_to_parse into number_of_lines > > repeat with x = 1 to number_of_lines > > put line x of unicode_file_to_parse into this_line > > put this_line into TempArray[x] > > end repeat > > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 1:16 PM Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Remember to unload after load and parsing (if you use load). >> >> Also, look for variables you are leaving full of big things. >> >> If that doesn't help enough, look at the httpHeaders property. Use the >> Range request header. Unfortunately, that might be limited to byte as a >> unit. If so, you might also want to add a Accept-Charset header to limit >> the charset to utf-16 so you don't split a character in a read. >> >> A quick scripting but slow running interim alternative might be to URL the >> file, get the lines you want, and then empty the variable containing the >> file. >> >>> On Aug 10, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Tom Glod via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am trying to parse this massive html page of unicode characters. >>> >>> https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html >>> >>> and livecode is choking up when I read in the whole file and try to parse >>> each line using a loop. I get a hard crash in the debugger and a endless >>> loop when debugger is off. >>> >>> I will report this afterwards. >>> >>> But as a workaround I'd like to >>> >>> "read from file line 1 to 5 of file" >>> >>> The examples are just not helping me to get the right syntax. Can >> someone >>> help me? >>> >>> I'm parsing lines. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tom >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
