Finding size of Variable

[Dave Angel]

 Ayushi Dalmia <ayushidalmia2604 at gmail.com> Wrote in message:
 
>> getsizeof() gives you the size of the list only; to complete the picture you 
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>> have to add the sizes of the lines.
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>> However, why do you want to keep track of the actual memory used by 
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>> variables in your script? You should instead concentrate on the algorithm, 
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>> and as long as either the size of the dataset is manageable or you can limit 
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>> the amount of data accessed at a given time you are golden.
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> As I said, I need to merge large files and I cannot afford more I/O operations. So in order to minimise the I/O operation I am writing in chunks. Also, I need to use the merged files as indexes later which should be loaded in the memory for fast access. Hence the concern.
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> Can you please elaborate on the point of taking lines into consideration?
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Please don't doublespace your quotes.  If you must use
 googlegroups,  fix its bugs before posting. 

There's usually no net gain in trying to 'chunk' your output to a
 text file. The python file system already knows how to do that
 for a sequential file.

For list of strings just add the getsizeof for the list to the sum
 of the getsizeof of all the list items. 

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DaveA