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 Ayushi Dalmia <ayushidalmia2604@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
> On Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:20:26 PM UTC+5:30, Ayushi Dalmia wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I need to randomly access a bzip2 or gzip file. How can I set the offset for a line and later retreive the line from the file using the offset. Pointers in this direction will help.
> 
> We are not allowed to use databases! I need to do this without database.
> 

Why do you reply to your own message?  Makes it hard for people to
 make sense of your post.

Have you any answers to earlier questions? How big is this file,
 what python version,  do you care about performance, code you've
 tried,  ...

-- 
DaveA