使用Python对文本文件进行排序

时间:2013-01-22 18:05:57

标签: python algorithm sorting

我有一个包含超过1000万行的文本文件。这样的行:

37024469;196672001;255.0000000000
37024469;196665001;396.0000000000
37024469;196664001;396.0000000000
37024469;196399002;85.0000000000
37024469;160507001;264.0000000000
37024469;160506001;264.0000000000

如您所见,分隔符是“;”。我想根据第二个元素使用python对这个文本文件进行排序。我不能使用拆分功能。因为它会导致MemoryError。我该怎么办呢?

3 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:20)

不要在内存中排序1000万行。将其拆分为:

  • 运行100个100k行排序(使用该文件作为迭代器,结合islice()或类似选择批处理)。写出在其他地方分开文件。

  • 合并已排序的文件。这是一个合并生成器,您可以传递100个打开的文件,它将按排序顺序生成行。逐行写入新文件:

    import operator
    
    def mergeiter(*iterables, **kwargs):
        """Given a set of sorted iterables, yield the next value in merged order
    
        Takes an optional `key` callable to compare values by.
        """
        iterables = [iter(it) for it in iterables]
        iterables = {i: [next(it), i, it] for i, it in enumerate(iterables)}
        if 'key' not in kwargs:
            key = operator.itemgetter(0)
        else:
            key = lambda item, key=kwargs['key']: key(item[0])
    
        while True:
            value, i, it = min(iterables.values(), key=key)
            yield value
            try:
                iterables[i][0] = next(it)
            except StopIteration:
                del iterables[i]
                if not iterables:
                    raise
    

答案 1 :(得分:4)

基于Sorting a million 32-bit integers in 2MB of RAM using Python

import sys
from functools import partial
from heapq import merge
from tempfile import TemporaryFile

# define sorting criteria
def second_column(line, default=float("inf")):
    try:
        return int(line.split(";", 2)[1]) # use int() for numeric sort
    except (IndexError, ValueError):
        return default # a key for non-integer or non-existent 2nd column

# sort lines in small batches, write intermediate results to temporary files
sorted_files = []
nbytes = 1 << 20 # load around nbytes bytes at a time
for lines in iter(partial(sys.stdin.readlines, nbytes), []):
    lines.sort(key=second_column) # sort current batch
    f = TemporaryFile("w+")
    f.writelines(lines)
    f.seek(0) # rewind
    sorted_files.append(f)

# merge & write the result
sys.stdout.writelines(merge(*sorted_files, key=second_column))

# clean up
for f in sorted_files:
    f.close() # temporary file is deleted when it closes

heapq.merge() has key parameter since Python 3.5。您可以尝试使用mergeiter() from Martijn Pieters' answer或在较旧的Python版本上执行Schwartzian transform

iters = [((second_column(line), line) for line in file)
         for file in sorted_files] # note: this makes the sort unstable
sorted_lines = (line for _, line in merge(*iters))
sys.stdout.writelines(sorted_lines)

用法:

$ python sort-k2-n.py < input.txt > output.txt

答案 2 :(得分:1)

您可以通过os.system()调用bash函数sort

来执行此操作
sort -k2 yourFile.txt