Export vs. Put; Import vs. Get
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- Subject: [mg36522] Export vs. Put; Import vs. Get
- From: Mike <mikeh1980 at optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I'm curious about the different efficiencies of Export vs. Put; Import vs. Get. Eg. Saving a list called "c" with approx. 16,000 elements, each element being a three element list of reals. Export["ac.dat",c] takes forever and consumes heaps of kernel memory c>>ac.dat all done in an instant (relatively speaking) and without the transient burst of kernel memory usage. Ditto Import and Get. Can anyone explain this? Mike