File Parsing thru Keywords

[psbasha]

Hi,

Which is best approach to read/parse the file when it has keywords defined in the file.
I have a file,which has around 130 Keywords defined.Some keywords has similar format and other have different format.Below or side of the keyword the respective data is defined.In this case whether it is right approach to read the file once and store the data based on the Keyword as key and the data as a list / tuple (Or) we can seek the file data based on the keyword ,whenever it is required.

Please suggest the approach

Thanks
PSB

[ghostdog74]

Hi,

Which is best approach to read/parse the file when it has keywords defined in the file.
I have a file,which has around 130 Keywords defined.Some keywords has similar format and other have different format.Below or side of the keyword the respective data is defined.In this case whether it is right approach to read the file once and store the data based on the Keyword as key and the data as a list / tuple (Or) we can seek the file data based on the keyword ,whenever it is required.

Please suggest the approach

Thanks
PSB

i hate to say this, but you have been posting for a while. you should be able to come up with something already.

[psbasha]

I understand ,but as you know File parsing is very difficult than file writing.The way we read the data and store in a variables matters,for any application or software development.So ,each developer has his own way of approach,so I am looking for a experts suggestion,who can guide me in the right direction.

Thanks
-PSB

[bvdet]

Hi,

Which is best approach to read/parse the file when it has keywords defined in the file.
I have a file,which has around 130 Keywords defined.Some keywords has similar format and other have different format.Below or side of the keyword the respective data is defined.In this case whether it is right approach to read the file once and store the data based on the Keyword as key and the data as a list / tuple (Or) we can seek the file data based on the keyword ,whenever it is required.

Please suggest the approach

Thanks
PSB

The most efficient access method would depend on how often the data file will be accessed I would think. My thought would be to read and parse the data one time, but if you occasionally need one or two bits of specific data, it may be better to read the file when required.