goldtech wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Say I have a very big string with a pattern like:
>
> akakksssk3dhdhdhdbddb3dkdkdkddk3dmdmdmd3dkdkdkdk3asnsn.....
Define "big".
What seems big to you is probably not big to your computer.
> I want to split the sting into separate parts on the "3" and process
> each part separately. I might run into memory limitations if I use
> "split" and get a big array(?) I wondered if there's a way I could
> read (stream?) the string from start to finish and read what's
> delimited by the "3" into a variable, process the smaller string
> variable then append/build a new string with the processed data?
>
> Would I loop it and read it char by char till a "3"...? Or?
You could, but unless there are a lot of 3s, it will probably be slow. If
the 3s are far apart, it will be better to do this:
# untested
def split(source):
start = 0
i = source.find("3")
while i >= 0:
yield source[start:i]
start = i+1
i = source.find("3", start)
That should give you the pieces of the string one at a time, as efficiently
as possible.
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Steven
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