Re: [Tutor] sorting question

2007-03-06 Thread Kent Johnson
Rob Andrews wrote: > I'm trying to think of the best way to go about this one, as the files > I have to sort are *big*. > > They're ASCII files with each row consisting of a series of > fixed-length fields, each of which has a corresponding format file. > (To be specific, these files are FirstLogi

Re: [Tutor] sorting question

2007-03-06 Thread John Fouhy
On 07/03/07, Rob Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to think of the best way to go about this one, as the files > I have to sort are *big*. [...] > I haven't yet figured out a way to apply sort() to this problem, > although I'm certain the failing is my own. To use sort(), you'll have

[Tutor] sorting question

2007-03-06 Thread Rob Andrews
I'm trying to think of the best way to go about this one, as the files I have to sort are *big*. They're ASCII files with each row consisting of a series of fixed-length fields, each of which has a corresponding format file. (To be specific, these files are FirstLogic compatible.) I'm looking to