# How to optimaly comprssing and save long strings ( 10^6 char and more)

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**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133 "2020-02-03T20:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133/1 "2020-02-03T20:50:37Z")

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**how to optimaly comprssing and save long strings ( 10^6 char and more)**  
HDF5 I cant do “compress” another oprtions ? Formats?  
Paul

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**Author:** ![longemen3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/longemen3000/32/7298_2.png) [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133/2 "2020-02-03T20:52:12Z")

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Unicode? Ascii, what type of text are stored?

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**Author:** ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133/3 "2020-02-04T07:57:24Z")

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> [@longemen3000](#):
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> Unicode !

Thanks, Unicode!

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133/4 "2020-02-04T08:18:46Z")

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um, I don’t know if this is a Julia problem since this is just like compression for any thing, for example, jpg; some committee somewhere probably have an algorithm for it

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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-optimaly-comprssing-and-save-long-strings-10-6-char-and-more/34133/5 "2020-02-04T10:40:06Z")

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Store in CSV / JSON and zip it?

Or use something like [https://github.com/stevengj/Blosc.jl](https://github.com/stevengj/Blosc.jl) or [https://bicycle1885.github.io/TranscodingStreams.jl/v0.2/#Introduction-1](https://bicycle1885.github.io/TranscodingStreams.jl/v0.2/#Introduction-1).