Yi Xing wrote: > I need to read specific lines of huge text files. Each time, I know > exactly which line(s) I want to read. readlines() or readline() in a > loop is just too slow. Since different lines have different size, I > cannot use seek(). So I am thinking of building an index for the file > for fast access. Can anybody give me some tips on how to do this in > Python? Thanks.
Hey Yi, The standard library module 'libcache' does exactly what you're considering implementing. -alex23 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
