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Old 06-06-2006
MAX SIZE ARRAY Can Hold it

Hi,

Do anyone know what's the max size of array (in awk)
can be store before hit any memory issue.

Regards
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Old 06-06-2006
I've put more than 20 million elements into multiple awk arrays so it's pretty big. How big do you need it to be?
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Old 06-06-2006
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Originally Posted by epall
Hi,

Do anyone know what's the max size of array (in awk)
can be store before hit any memory issue.

Regards
no limit - as much as you have available memory.
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Old 06-07-2006
My target limit is 60 million records.
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