Yeah, the substring mistake in parsing is a fairly common one. Kinda predictable to have the problem, if you haven't been down that road a few times.
On Aug 19, 12:23 pm, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow - thanks a million Dan. I changed to using the String(char[],int,int) > constructor instead of String.substring() (and also removed an unnecessary > trim() per line) and the parse time is now 30ms (compared to 400ms)! > > The fact the file is still a CSV is perfect because I can more easily > debug/maintain that compared to some encoded format. > > On 19 August 2010 17:46, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The trick is to avoid any substringing while parsing. Read into a > > char array and then use String(char[] value, int offset, int count) > > to construct the individual string, after parsing its bounds. And you > > can speed that up by also having another file that is a "dope > > vector" (int[]) for the string locations in the char file. > > > In fact, for some uses you could forgo the construction of the strings > > until they're referenced, using the dope vector. > > > On Aug 19, 10:01 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got a map of about 500 entries. Strings are all very short (less > > > than 5 chars). > > > > Its read-only data I want to read once at app-startup. > > > > What's the best way to store this so that loading this data is fast? > > > > I've tried storing the data in a CSV in res/raw but this takes about > > > 700ms to parse on my N1, so I'm hoping there's a faster way... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
