Faster String in file search?

[DaLiMan]

Hi,

Below is a piece of my script which searches for a product number from one file in the other file.
When this is found I need to valuate if something is changed and then write this back to a file with only the changed products.

It is working. But very very slow! ( aprox.10 minutes for 2000 lines.)
Now it is to be mentioned that the each file containes more than > 330000 lines.

 

Does anyone know a better / faster way to code this?

 

$File_1 = FileOpenDialog("Select file 1.", "C:\", "Text (File*.txt)", $FD_FILEMUSTEXIST)
$File_1_hndl = FileOpen($File_1)

$File_2 = FileOpenDialog("Select file 2.", "C:\", "Text (File*.txt)", $FD_FILEMUSTEXIST)
$File_2_hndl = FileOpen($File_2)
$File_2_String = FileRead($File_2_hndl)

_FileReadToArray($File_1, $File_1_Array, $FRTA_NOCOUNT)


ToolTip(@CRLF & "Looping." & @CRLF & @CRLF & "", 1500, 100, $Name_Versie_Info, 1, 1)
For $i = 0 To UBound($File_1_Array) - 1
    If Mod($i, 1000) = 0 Then
        ToolTip(@CRLF & "Looping....> " & $i & @CRLF & @CRLF & "", 1500, 100, $Name_Versie_Info, 1, 1)
    EndIf
    $File_1_lineread = $File_1_Array[$i]
    $File_1_ART = StringMid($File_1_lineread, 2, 7)
    $File_1_OMSCHRIJVING = StringMid($File_1_lineread, 268, 32)
    $File_1_HGS = StringMid($File_1_lineread, 525, 6)

    $File_2_Found = StringRegExp($File_2_String, "(1" & $File_1_ART & "      .*)", 1)
    $File_2_HGS = StringMid($File_2_Found[0], 525, 6)

    If $File_1_HGS <> $File_2_HGS Then
        $HGSwijzig_String = $HGSwijzig_String & $File_1_ART & ";" & $File_1_OMSCHRIJVING & ";" & $File_1_HGS & ";" & $File_2_HGS & @CRLF
    EndIf

Next

 

[mikell]

6 hours ago, DaLiMan said:

each file containes more than > 330000 lines

So the slowness is not really surprising
You might use a SQLite database 

[DaLiMan]

4 minutes ago, mikell said:

So the slowness is not really surprising
You might use a SQLite database 

Never touched that...

Do you have an example from which I can try and error?  

[JLogan3o13]

Yes, the help file section on _SQLite_Open has a great example

[iamtheky]

im still enjoying compare-object.  reliable output, reasonable speed on large objects.  For file contents it looks like so:

#include <AutoItConstants.au3>

FileDelete("A.txt")
FileDelete("B.txt")

filewrite("A.txt" , "test" & @CRLF & "Atestline1" & @CRLF & "line2")
filewrite("B.txt" , "test" & @CRLF & "Btestline1" & @CRLF & "line2")

$iPid = run('powershell Compare-Object $(Get-Content A.txt) $(Get-Content B.txt)"' ,"" ,@SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)

$sOut = ""

While 1
    $sOut &= StdoutRead($iPID)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
WEnd

msgbox(0, '' , $sOut)

 

Edited September 12, 2017 by iamtheky

[DaLiMan]

12 hours ago, iamtheky said:

im still enjoying compare-object.  reliable output, reasonable speed on large objects.  For file contents it looks like so:

 

Seems promissing, however this would give me to much output because the file has different data for the product which change within time.
I only need to know if a particulair piece is changed.  ( There a more changes that are not of importance )

Anyway to check only for that piece of change in the string?
Or maybe first write a new set of data files with only the 2 columns that matter?

 

Edited September 13, 2017 by DaLiMan
typo

[junkew]

Your file1 seems to be fixed length records

This example shows how to split this easier in only needed columns

#include <array.au3>
local $DummyStr="AAABBBCCCCCCDDD"& @CRLF

;~ Create a dummy teststring
;~ for $i=1 to 18    ;~ do not forget to remove consolewrite and _arraydisplay
for $i=1 to 2
   $DummyStr=$DummyStr & $dummystr
Next
$T=stringreplace($dummystr,@CRLF,@CRLF)
consolewrite("Number of lines " & @extended & @CRLF)

Local $hTimer = TimerInit()
consolewrite("Timer started " & TimerDiff($hTimer) & @CRLF)
$newString= StringRegExpReplace($DummyStr,"(.{3})(.{3})(.{6})(.{3})(\r\n)","$4;$3;$2;$1;$5")
consolewrite("Switched the columns and added a semicolon " & TimerDiff($hTimer) & @CRLF)
consolewrite($newString)

local $aRetArray
$aRetArray=stringsplit($newString, ";", $STR_ENTIRESPLIT)
consolewrite("Splitted in a nice array " & TimerDiff($hTimer) & @CRLF)
_arraydisplay($aRetArray)

So you can do 

$File_1_String = FileRead($File_1_hndl)

and

;~ Read away field 1 of length 1, read field 2 of length 7, read unneeded stuff, read field 4, ....
$newString= StringRegExpReplace($File_1_String,"(.{1})(.{7})(.{260})(.{32})(.{257})(.{6})(\r\n)","$2;$4;$6;")

Now you have directly only $file1 relevant fields in the string and that you can easily split on the semicolon and iterate in the array with step 3

[junkew]

    BTW if file2 is also fixed length you could also make it smaller string like below

$File_2_String=StringRegExpReplace($File_2_String,"(\(.{7}\))(.{518})(.{6})\r\n)","$1;$3;"

 

Edited September 14, 2017 by junkew

[DaLiMan]

Hi Junkew,

I was just testing you wonderfull piece of code.
This is brilliant. I wish I understood RegEx better....
This is really fast!

I changed a little thing, because it was removing the @CRLF as well.
( I'm writing a new file from the output, also for use in other apps.)

$newString= StringRegExpReplace($File_1_String,"(.{1})(.{7})(.{259})(.{70})(.{187})(.{35})(.{64})","$2;$4;$6;")

$newString= StringRegExpReplace($File_1_String,"(.{1})(.{7})(.{259})(.{70})(.{187})(.{35})(.{64})","$2;$4;$6;")

 

Also, maybe I can play around with SQLite now like mikell suggested.
Since I read it needs csv files to be imported.
 

@iamtheky Your Poweshell code works nice on small files. (tested)
However, in this case it is running for ~30 minutes and still not done.

 

Thanx for all the help!