Hi,

I want to read in data from a file in the following format: 

12/10/2003 13:20,1024
12/10/2003 13:50,1024
12/10/2003 14:00,1023
12/10/2003 14:20,1023
12/10/2003 14:50,1023
12/10/2003 15:00,1023
12/10/2003 15:20,1023
12/10/2003 15:50,1023
12/10/2003 16:00,1022.5
12/10/2003 16:20,1023
12/10/2003 16:50,1022

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This represents barometric pressure readings at a specific time.

I'd then like to look up these values to find out what the most recently recorded pressure value was at a given time, e.g. what is the pressure value at 16:09? (1022.5).

What's the best data structure to use to store this data?

Thanks,

R.

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