From: "Maurício" <briqueabraque@...>
Date: 2002-08-03T03:51:11+09:00
Subject: Re: IO.readlines is slow ?

    Just to report, I have a similar problem: on my system (Ruby 1.66,
pragmatic programmers ruby install for Windows), openning a 4Mb file takes
between half a minute and 40 seconds using File.read (not File.readline).

    Maur�cio



"Shashank Date" <ADATE@kc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3jl29.3939$ua1.140046@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> I really like the convenience of doing:
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> arr = IO.readlines("test1.txt")
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> and then using [arr] to massage my data.
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> But, when "test1.txt" is a big file (say 4MB) it takes for ever to read
the
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> Is there any way to make it faster without sacrificing the terseness.
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> (Similar constructs are much faster in Python and Perl world).
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> Please help.
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> -- Shanko
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