| From: | Dennis Griffin |
| Date: | 5 Sep 2001 at 18:59:17 |
| Subject: | Re: Harddrive access |
Hello Bernd
On or about 05-Sep-01, Bernd Gollesch wrote:
>> /* filesplitter */
>> open('infile','ram:in','R')
>> open('odd','ram:odd','W')
>> open('even','ram:even','W')
>> do until eof('infile')
>> writeln('odd',readln('infile'))
>> writeln('even',readln('infile'))
>> end
> You should place a CALL in front of each function:
> /* filesplitter */
> call open('infile','ram:in','R')
> call open('odd','ram:odd','W')
> call open('even','ram:even','W')
> do until eof('infile')
> call writeln('odd',readln('infile'))
> call writeln('even',readln('infile'))
> end
> open() and writeln() are returning a value and without the call
> statement before, Arexx tries to interpret the returned value
> as a command. If you run snoopdos you will notice that Arexx
> tries to open some files (eg 1, 1.rexx, REXX:1, REXX:1.rexx or so).
Yes! I tried both programs using an "in" file of 286K (5778 lines) and my
original program took 183.2 seconds to complete. With the call statements
the same file processed in 2.3 seconds. I'd call that a significant
improvement!
Thanks!
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