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Re: Obtaining Random LIne from A file
Posted:
Feb 21, 2013 5:46 AM
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> Block[{i = RandomInteger[{1, n}], str = OpenRead[file], res},
> Skip[str, "String", i];
> res = Read[str, Expression];
Hi. I can't test this, but does this command work?
(* Set pointer to line 100 *)
SetStreamPosition[str, 100]
I'm on a Mac, and working with file locations is a little difficult for me.
I seem to remember testing this with Windows a long time ago, but I most likely am wrong.
Good Luck. :>)
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HTH :>)
Dana DeLouis
Mac & Mathematica 9
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On Saturday, February 16, 2013 1:07:57 AM UTC-5, Ramiro Barrantes wrote:
> Hello,
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> I would like to get a random line from a file, I know this can be done
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> with Mathematica but I am playing with using sed to see if it goes
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> faster, say I want to get line 1000
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> In mathematica it would be:
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> <<"! sed -n p1000 filename.txt"
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> However, I am trying to put the filename as a variable, say
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> filename="hugefile.txt"
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> cmd="! sed -n p1000 "<>filename
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> <<cmd
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> does not work.
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> How can I do this?
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> Lastly, I am getting a randomline using mathematica doing:
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> getRandomLine[file_, n_] :=
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> Block[{i = RandomInteger[{1, n}], str = OpenRead[file], res},
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> Skip[str, "String", i];
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> res = Read[str, Expression];
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> Close[str];
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> res[[2]]
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> ]
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> However, it is very slow so I was going to try with sed.Any suggestions?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Ramiro
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