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one additional change might get quite some more speed.<br><br>
def filterfile2(inname, outname):<br>
localint = int<br>
out = file(outname, 'w')<br>
for line in file(inname):<br>
x, y, z = line.split()<br>
sum = localint(x) +
localint(y) + localint(z)<br>
<font color="#0000FF"><b> print
>>out, line, sum<br><br>
</b></font>ps: i'm new to python and have just fallen in love with the
language. 3 cheers to everyone who's a part of the team including all the
people in this group who are very helpful.<br><br>
<br>
At 04:07 PM 8/7/02 +0000, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>nnes wrote:<br><br>
def filterfile2(inname, outname):<br>
localint = int<br>
out = file(outname, 'w')<br>
for line in file(inname):<br>
x, y, z = line.split()<br>
sum = localint(x) +
localint(y) + localint(z)<br>
newstr = ' '.join((x, y, z,
sum))<br>
out.write(newstr +
'\n')<br><br>
i don't have a 7MB file ready to test these on, but it'd be interesting
to see the differences.</blockquote>
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