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gezzed · 02-24-2005, 04:43 PM

I'm trying to develop a script that searches through a simple .txt file and returns all the records matching a search query.

This is the general format of the .txt file

xxx----somecategory----123Mb
yyy----someothercategory----456Mb
zzz----onemorecategory---789Mb

Then, someone specifies a query through my site and I need to check whether any of the records in the .txt file match the query by scanning through the xxx, yyy, zzz parts.

Here's the snag, I have 50,000 entries in the .txt file so a simple foreach loop takes way too long.

Any ideas?

02-24-2005, 04:43 PM
gezzed Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 317	Any perl people in the house? I'm trying to develop a script that searches through a simple .txt file and returns all the records matching a search query. This is the general format of the .txt file xxx----somecategory----123Mb yyy----someothercategory----456Mb zzz----onemorecategory---789Mb Then, someone specifies a query through my site and I need to check whether any of the records in the .txt file match the query by scanning through the xxx, yyy, zzz parts. Here's the snag, I have 50,000 entries in the .txt file so a simple foreach loop takes way too long. Any ideas?