tina2009
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jump directly to the line 457478
sorry for my bad English.
i have a text with 132 fixed length lines.
i need to jump directly to the line number 457478.
but not with the a loop line by line... i know this way, i need to jump directly the line 457478.
Now after the code is in line number 457478, read, line-by-line, the rest of text to the end of text
Note:
The text file has approx 4500000 (4.5M) lines and the file size is approx 533 MB
i have a text with 132 fixed length lines.
i need to jump directly to the line number 457478.
but not with the a loop line by line... i know this way, i need to jump directly the line 457478.
Now after the code is in line number 457478, read, line-by-line, the rest of text to the end of text
Note:
The text file has approx 4500000 (4.5M) lines and the file size is approx 533 MB
ASKER
not for me....:-(
can you post a simple code for all ttree possible solution?
Tks.
can you post a simple code for all ttree possible solution?
Tks.
Do you know how to program/code?
ASKER
Sure! but my knoledgment of vb6 not is so advanced:-)
With what programming languages are you familiar?
Have you pressed F1 and read the help text for the Open statement or Line Input statement or the Seek statement?
Have you done an online search of the FileSystemObject or the TextStream object?
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Have you pressed F1 and read the help text for the Open statement or Line Input statement or the Seek statement?
Have you done an online search of the FileSystemObject or the TextStream object?
can you post a simple code for all ttree possible solution?While I could do that, I'm not going to. I might post one, but I don't know the context/application in which you are coding.
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No good devolution...
blahhnh
blahhnh
I don't understand your comment
Since these are fixed length lines, you have at least two solutions.
VB instrinsic solution 1
Open the file as Input
Calculate the position in the file = (record size * 457478)
Use the Seek statement to position the 'cursor' in the file
Use Line Input statement to read the rest of the file
VB instrinsic solution 2
Open the file as Binary or Random
Calculate the position in the file = (record size * 457478)
Use the Get statement to position the 'cursor' in the file
Use Get statement to read the rest of the file
FileSystemObject solution
Open the file and instantiate a textstream object
Calculate the position in the file = (record size * 457478)
Use the textstream's Skip method to position the 'cursor' in the file
Use textstream's readline method to read the rest of the file