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Re: I Have Found My Editor

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: I Have Found My Editor
Date 2019-06-24 23:00 +0200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <o7q7uf-r0l.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References (14 earlier) <op.z3u7ytmna3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <qepufp$f2r$1@dont-email.me> <qeqg6u$kjf$1@dont-email.me> <op.z3v5u5dea3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <op.z3wc91p2a3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net>

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On 24/06/2019 18.26, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 09:46:07 -0400, David W. Hodgins
> <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:37:49 -0400, Soviet_Mario
>> <SovietMario@cccp.mir> wrote:
>>> anyway a column must span all the file, from first to last
>>> row (at worst with empty fields), and this for each column.
>>> If it don't then the text is not table-like, and the column
>>> concept is no longer relevant
> 
>> Just because you've never worked with a table where each row has a
>> variable number of columns, or tables that have more dimensions than just
>> rows and columns doesn't mean that they don't exist or aren't still
>> tables.
> 
> Just occurred to me. The expectation that the columns must exist is due
> to the assumption that every row in the table must be able to be accessed
> randomly.
> 
> Tables do not have to be able to be accessed randomly to be tables.
> 
> Using either a delimiter (as used in ascii text files), or a counter of
> the number of characters in that row, at the beginning of each row (as
> used in variable length ebcdic files) can be used to allow the table to
> be processed sequentially.
> 
> If an in core table must be able to be accessed using random access for
> the rows, then yes, space must be reserved to keep each row the same
> length. If you're willing to give up using random access and only use
> sequential access, then they do not have to be the same length.

You can have random access by using an auxiliary index table. Indirect,
yes. And the index has to be kept. Or you can have a number of (fixed
size) columns at the beginning of each row indexing the variable length
column. Many tricks :-)



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-22 01:47 +0000
  Re: I Have Found My Editor Pedro Valdez <pedro1492@lycos.com> - 2019-06-22 04:31 -0700
    Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 14:04 +0200
    Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 12:43 +0000
      Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 12:50 +0000
    Re: I Have Found My Editor John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-22 07:21 -0500
      Re: I Have Found My Editor Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-06-22 15:29 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-22 10:16 -0500
    Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-22 13:45 +0000
      Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 14:00 +0000
        Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-22 15:54 +0000
          Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 16:08 +0000
            Re: I Have Found My Editor John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-22 11:37 -0500
              Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 23:21 +0200
              Re: I Have Found My Editor DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2019-06-23 14:44 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-23 19:44 +0000
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-23 17:47 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-22 16:07 +0000
          Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 16:33 +0000
            Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 16:46 +0000
              Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-22 18:18 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-22 20:13 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-23 11:03 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-23 11:15 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-23 10:05 -0500
                Re: I Have Found My Editor DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2019-06-23 15:33 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2019-06-23 15:34 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-23 15:53 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-24 00:58 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-23 21:33 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-24 07:35 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-24 11:45 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 07:45 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 08:34 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-24 14:37 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-24 15:09 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 09:46 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 12:26 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2019-06-24 18:03 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-24 23:00 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 17:25 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-25 16:42 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-25 01:07 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-25 04:15 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-25 13:23 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 04:28 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2019-06-23 14:03 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Georges <georges@prout.com> - 2019-06-23 16:43 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-23 17:54 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-06-24 09:18 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-24 10:30 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-24 13:53 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <frussell@random.info> - 2019-06-24 12:49 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-24 15:14 +0200
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 09:52 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <frussell@random.info> - 2019-06-24 14:12 +0000
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-24 10:43 -0400
                Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 23:27 +0200
      Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 16:30 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2019-06-22 14:59 +0000
      Re: I Have Found My Editor DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2019-06-22 14:54 +0000
    Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-22 20:51 +0000
  Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 14:17 +0200
    Re: I Have Found My Editor Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-06-22 14:50 +0200
      Re: I Have Found My Editor "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-22 15:55 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor Yrrah <Yrrah-aol@aol.invalid> - 2019-06-22 17:43 +0200
  Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-22 20:54 +0000
    Re: I Have Found My Editor RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 03:17 +0000
      Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-23 07:24 +0000
        Re: I Have Found My Editor RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 16:46 +0000
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-06-24 00:56 +0000
            Re: I Have Found My Editor RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 04:26 +0000
  Re: I Have Found My Editor Maurice <maurice@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-06-23 10:56 +0000
  Re: I Have Found My Editor azigni <azigni@yahoo.com> - 2019-06-25 21:33 +0000
    Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2019-06-26 01:32 +0000
      Re: I Have Found My Editor Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-26 12:53 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <frussell@random.info> - 2019-06-26 11:48 +0000
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2019-06-26 07:39 -0500
            Re: I Have Found My Editor fr314159@gmail.com - 2019-06-26 05:51 -0700
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-26 18:13 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-26 13:54 +0200
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-06-26 12:16 +0000
            Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-26 15:42 +0200
          Re: I Have Found My Editor Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-06-26 18:18 +0200
            Re: I Have Found My Editor Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-26 21:07 +0200
        Re: I Have Found My Editor "F. Russell" <frussell@random.info> - 2019-06-26 12:26 +0000

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