Re^7: csv parsing with multiple missing values/multiple commas

[Anonymous Monk]

You can't fork/thread any code safely without putting some thought into it. Multiple processes handling the same data always requires some synchronization. What exactly do you want to achieve?

[f77coder]

eventually i'd put the code on cluster and see how it runs. the file sizes i'm dealing with are >16Gb which is more than 8Gb on my system.

thanks, appreciate the help.