What is the fastest way to Parse a line in Delphi?

Question

I have a huge file that I must parse line by line. Speed is of the essence.

Example of a line:

Token-1   Here-is-the-Next-Token      La         


        

Answer 1

Rolling your own is the fastest way for sure. For more on this topic, you could see Synedit's source code which contains lexers (called highlighters in the project's context) for about any language on the market. I suggest you take one of those lexers as a base and modify for your own usage.