Finding size of Variable

Tue Feb 4 08:19:48 EST 2014

On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:39:00 PM UTC+5:30, Dave Angel wrote:
> Ayushi Dalmia <ayushidalmia2604 at gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>>>> >> getsizeof() gives you the size of the list only; to complete the picture you 
>> >> 
>> >> have to add the sizes of the lines.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> However, why do you want to keep track of the actual memory used by 
>> >> 
>> >> variables in your script? You should instead concentrate on the algorithm, 
>> >> 
>> >> and as long as either the size of the dataset is manageable or you can limit 
>> >> 
>> >> the amount of data accessed at a given time you are golden.
>> > 
>> > 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.
>> > 
>> > Can you please elaborate on the point of taking lines into consideration?
>> > 
>>>> 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. 
>>>> -- 
>> DaveA

Hey! 
I need to chunk out the outputs otherwise it will give Memory Error. I need to do some postprocessing on the data read from the file too. If I donot stop before memory error, I won't be able to perform any more operations on it.