All, I have a text file that contains several thousand lines of space delimited text that contain a ship ID and a ship name. This file is updated every few months.
I have another file that contains the ship ID and some other info but not the ship name. I have to append the ship name to the end of the line. Easy enough. I currently make a dictionary of the shipID(key) and ship name(value) and use this to append the ship name to the end of the line that contains the ship ID. Could I use something like cpickle to store the dictionary once it is made so I would not have to make it each time? I have never tried to use pickle so I am bit fuzzy on what it can store and what it can't. Also would it really buy me anything...it only takes a second or two to make the dictionary? There is a chance the file that I use to make the dictionary will eventually grow to be 10,000 lines or more. Thanks for the ideas. John Ertl _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor