In the past I have put it all into one variable with:
set datafileref to (choose file with prompt "Choose the file:")
set file_data to (read datafileref as {text} using delimiter return)
But it doesn't work on a 32MB text file.
What version of AppleScript do you have? Did you mean 32mb or 32k?
Older version of AppleScript had a 32k limit. If you're reading 32
_MB_ then you're reading a HUGE file by AS standards, and it will take
a VERY long time to parse.
That being said, most of the later versions of AppleScript will handle
files larger than 32k, I've read in over 200k before (takes a while to
parse that, I'll tell you). You can get the text into a variable and
access the lines with
repeat with myLine in paragraphs of theFile
(*do your parsing of the line*)
end repeat
Kevin
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