Reading really big text files
Reading really big text files
- Subject: Reading really big text files
- From: "Wadson, David" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:06:16 -0500
What's the best way to read a really big tab-delimited text file into an
Applescript? The data file I have is about 2.7MB, with 4000+ lines in it.
When I try to read the whole file into a list using the File Read/Write
commands from the Standard Additions, I get an out of memory error. I recall
reading somewhere that there is a glitch that prevents really big files from
being read. Is there a better option available?
Also, am I going to max out some limit for items in a list in Applescript or
is it simply a matter of cranking the amount of RAM I give to the applet?