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in thread Search file for certain lines

Read the file into an array,

Why?

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Re^3: Search file for certain lines
by wjw (Priest) on Sep 23, 2013 at 10:23 UTC
    ..it generally works for me. I like iterating through an array. The question I face rarely is "why not", which boils down to file size in those rare cases. It is easy to see what I am working with using the debugger when I have an array available with everything in it. I am used to working with arrays.... Mostly this is just personal preference, but it works for me, so I suggest it...
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