On Friday, January 31, 2014 12:16:59 AM UTC+5:30, Dave Angel wrote: > Ayushi Dalmia <ayushidalmia2...@gmail.com> Wrote in message: > > > On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:20:26 PM UTC+5:30, Ayushi Dalmia wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I need to randomly access a bzip2 or gzip file. How can I set the offset > >> for a line and later retreive the line from the file using the offset. > >> Pointers in this direction will help. > > > > > > We are not allowed to use databases! I need to do this without database. > > > > > > > Why do you reply to your own message? Makes it hard for people to > > make sense of your post. > > > > Have you any answers to earlier questions? How big is this file, > > what python version, do you care about performance, code you've > > tried, ... > > > > -- > > DaveA
The size of this file will be 10 GB. The version of Python I am using is 2.7.2. Yes, performance is an important issue. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
