CCL: Sorting Question
- From: "Shobe, David"
<dshobe^^sud-chemieinc.com>
- Subject: CCL: Sorting Question
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 18:26:33 +0200
Sent to CCL by: "Shobe, David" [dshobe]=[sud-chemieinc.com]
There is a Windows version of Perl, and it is free, so those answers were not
entirely off topic.
The issue here may be whether Dr. Wood already knows Perl or a similar scripting
language. As has been pointed out, *writing* the script can be done in under 10
minutes. *Learning* the language, especially if it is your first programming
language, is very time consuming.
OTOH, if the DOS sort command works for him, there's no need for anything more
complicated.
--David Shobe, Ph.D., M.L.S.
Süd-Chemie, Inc.
phone (502) 634-7409
fax (502) 634-7724
Don't bother flaming me: I'm behind a firewall.
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I have been a bit amused by all the suggestions to help Richard Wood with his
question about sorting 2x10^6 lines of text.
The majority opinion has been to use some other operating system and to learn a
new scripting language. Did nobody actually read Richard's specific statement
that he needed something to run under windows, and that was free?
I once again point out that windows still contains a perfectly functional
command line text sorter (oddly enough, called "SORT"), and it will do
exactly what is required using the specified operating system with no more
learning than just reading the help file. One line of input required, with
arguments to specify the input and output files, and which column of text to
sort on, as well as other useful parameters.
Nothing against all the suggestions people made - these are very nice ways to do
the required task. They just don't meet the customer's specification.
Dr. Philip G. Hultin
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
R3T 2N2
hultin__cc.umanitoba.ca
http://umanitoba.ca/chemistry/people/hultin
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have been a bit amused by all
the suggestions to = help Richard Wood with his question about sorting 2x10^6
lines of = text.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The majority opinion has been
to use some other = operating system and to learn a new scripting language.
Did nobody actually = read Richard’s specific statement that
he needed something to run under windows, and = that was
free?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I once again point out that
windows still contains a perfectly functional command line text sorter (oddly
enough, called = “SORT”), and it will do exactly what is
required using the specified operating = system with no more learning than just
reading the help file. One line of = input required, with arguments to
specify the input and output files, and = which column of text to sort on, as
well as other useful =
parameters.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Nothing against all the
suggestions people made = – these are very nice ways to do the
required task. They just = don’t meet the
customer’s
specification.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Dr. Philip G.
Hultin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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