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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:20:29+00:00

I am working on an application wherein i need to compare 10^8 entries(alphanumeric entries).

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I am working on an application wherein i need to compare 10^8 entries(alphanumeric entries). To retrieve the entries from file( file size is 1.5 GB) and then to compare them, i need to take less than 5 minutes of time. So, what would b the effective way to do that, since, only retrieving time is exceeding 5 min. And i need to work on file only. please suggest a way out.
I m working on windows with 3GB RAM n 100Gb hard disk.

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    • Read a part of the file, sort it, write it to a temporary file.
    • Merge-sort the resulting files.
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