is it possible to readfromfile line x to y

[Dar Scott Consulting]

Remember to unload after load and parsing (if you use load).

Also, look for variables you are leaving full of big things.

If that doesn't help enough, look at the httpHeaders property. Use the Range request header. Unfortunately, that might be limited to byte as a unit. If so, you might also want to add a Accept-Charset header to limit the charset to utf-16 so you don't split a character in a read.

A quick scripting but slow running interim alternative might be to URL the file, get the lines you want, and then empty the variable containing the file.

> On Aug 10, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to parse this massive html page of unicode characters.
> 
> https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
> 
> and livecode is choking up when I read in the whole file and try to parse
> each line using a loop.  I get a hard crash in the debugger and a endless
> loop when debugger is off.
> 
> I will report this afterwards.
> 
> But as a workaround I'd like to
> 
> "read from file line 1 to 5 of file"
> 
> The examples are just not helping me to get the right syntax.  Can someone
> help me?
> 
> I'm parsing lines.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom
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