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From: jimmy@blake.acs.washington.edu (Jim Li)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: C, string, array, big file
Keywords: string, array, file
Message-ID: <4473@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 89 07:09:49 GMT
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Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle
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I need to manipulate (searching, sorting, ...) some big files (>500K)
What is the best way to store the contents of the files?
Suppose I have a file that is 5000 lines long, the simplest decl. would be

char array[5000][80]; 

Any better ideas?           
(Speed is a key issue.)

Thanks in advance.
Jim.
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