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Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length

From	Bart <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length
Date	2021-07-19 23:25 +0100
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On 19/07/2021 23:01, dfs wrote:
> On 7/19/21 2:49 PM, Bart wrote:

> 
>> There are all sorts of clever ways to arrange strings in memory, but 
>> some get very complicated.
> 
> Thanks.  'Very complicated' sounds like trouble.

I choose the simplest methods too.

In my script language, I read such a file like this:

  words := readtextfile(file)

This function reads it line by line into a list of string objects 
(somewhere in there is a loop with fgets in it). It's a bit slower, but 
it reads your test file in under 0.3 seconds.

(I use it in a program that helps me cheat at crosswords.)

>> I usually call it 'M'.
> 
> For Mistress?
> 

I wish...

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Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 12:50 -0400
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-19 19:01 +0100
    Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 14:29 -0400
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-19 19:49 +0100
        Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 18:01 -0400
          Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-19 23:25 +0100
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-19 20:00 +0000
        Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> - 2021-07-19 23:29 +0000
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-20 00:30 +0100
        Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 20:40 -0400
          Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-20 17:00 +0000
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-07-24 01:07 +0000
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-07-19 21:35 +0200
    Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 18:02 -0400
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Ike Naar <ike@rie.sdf.org> - 2021-07-19 21:11 +0000
    Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 18:03 -0400
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2021-07-20 05:28 +0000
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 18:21 -0400
    Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-07-19 23:29 +0100
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-19 18:40 -0400
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-07-20 11:44 +1000
  Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-07-20 22:15 +0000
    Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-20 20:22 -0400
      Re: Allocate length of word vs fixed length dfs <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-07-21 23:23 -0400

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