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dbattaglia
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11 years ago

What is the most efficient way to retrieve values from a text file?

I have a CSV text file from which I need to retrieve values in a particular column. Many of the key/id values will be repeated, and for each record having a matching key/id I will need to store a re...
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    dbattaglia
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    11 years ago

    Sort of, thanks K!

     

    I have used the aqFile and aqTextFile objects, and some others.  I am hoping for some feedback on fast effficient methods that others have tried.

     

    For example, is it more efficient to use ReadWholeTextFile and then parse through the string or to use ReadLine?

     

    I was hoping to save a little time trialing different approaches.

     

    I will test out a couple things and report back.

     

    If you have any suggestions, please share.

     

    Thanks,

    Daniel