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[HELP] Optimum way to read a file


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connoisseur
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Old 03-08-2014 , 12:26   [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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I coded a plugin that requires to read a file which contains 50-60 steam ids.
Currently, it reads the file whenever a player connects.
Which way is optimum?
Reading the file everytime or using an array to store its contents once and reading them instead?
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Old 03-08-2014 , 12:31   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Doing something once, or doing something multiple times?

Once. ;)
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Old 03-08-2014 , 12:40   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Doing something once, or doing something multiple times?

Once. ;)
Agreed. But actually my query was something else.
Let me put it this way.
Does it take more time & cpu consumption to read a file than looping through an array?

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Old 03-08-2014 , 12:41   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Yes, ridiculously so.
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Old 03-08-2014 , 14:14   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Reading a file whenever a user connect is a poor way in this case.
You can use a trie instead of an array.
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Old 03-09-2014 , 09:35   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Reading a file whenever a user connect is a poor way in this case.
You can use a trie instead of an array.
Yep. Applied both trie and array combination. I saw Advanced Bans code. It was using that method.
Trie for finding the steam id, and array contained the rest of the necessary data.
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Old 03-09-2014 , 21:57   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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You could use TrieSetArray/TrieGetArray; https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=201872

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Old 03-10-2014 , 01:55   Re: [HELP] Optimum way to read a file
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Applied both trie and array combination.
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You could use TrieSetArray/TrieGetArray
He could.



Best option could depend on content you have to store.
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