Author: Rob DixonRob Dixon
Date: May 25, 2008 11:10
Hi Andrew
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> I have been reading files with the following command:
>
> @source_lines = ();
>
> This has worked until I started reading some very large files.
This reads the entire file into the array, and should only be used for files
that you can guarantee to be very small. As you have found, filling up your
computer's memory isn't a good idea!
> Is there a better way to read files? The files I am trying to read now are
> about 300 megabytes in size.
In most cases you will need access to only one record at a time. Writing a loop
like this
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