How would I go about storing a big dataset?

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#1

  • What are you attempting to achieve?
    Storing a big dataset with the entire English dictionary (~300k words, ~7 characters per word gives a total of about 2 and a half million characters) and eventually doing operations on it. Storing it as a string or as a table is fine either way. I have a txt file but i haven’t found an easy way to convert it to a lua table.

  • What is the issue? (Keep it simple and clear - Include screenshots/videos/GIFs if possible)
    My studio gets laggy with just a small dataset of roughly 10000 words (~100k characters). I’ve seen people store the words + the definitions with very few issues.

  • What solutions have you tried so far? (Have you searched for solutions through the Roblox Wiki yet?)
    Tried storing it as a string, not much success due to lag. Haven’t found a good dataset formatted as a table or a way to convert my current dictionary to a table.

#2

Store on an external server and use HttpService to retrieve sections by query using the alphabet

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